VR 2017 -- Program

Thea Andersen, Gintare Anisimovaite, Anders Christiansen, Mohamed Hussein, Carol Lund, Thomas Nielsen, Eoin Rafferty, Niels C. Nilsson, Rolf Nordahl, and Stefania Serafin

(Aalborg University at Copenhagen, Denmark)

A Psychophysical Experiment Regarding Components of the Plausibility Illusion

Richard Skarbez, Solène Neyret, Frederick P. Brooks Jr., Mel Slater, and Mary C. Whitton

(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA; University of Barcelona, Spain; ICREA, Spain; University College London, UK)

A Reliable Non-verbal Vocal Input Metaphor for Clicking

Daniel Zielasko, Neha Neha, Benjamin Weyers, and Torsten W. Kuhlen

(RWTH Aachen University, Germany; JARA-HPC, Germany)

A Robust and Intuitive 3D Interface for Teleoperation of Autonomous Robotic Agents through Immersive Virtual Reality Environments

Jace Regenbrecht, Alireza Tavakkoli, and Donald Loffredo

(University of Houston-Victoria, USA)

A Study on the Use of an Immersive Virtual Reality Store to Investigate Consumer Perceptions and Purchase Behavior toward Non-standard Fruits and Vegetables

Adrien Verhulst, Jean-Marie Normand, Cindy Lombart, and Guillaume Moreau

(Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France; Audienca Business School, France)

A Surgical Training System for Four Medical Punctures Based on Virtual Reality and Haptic Feedback

Ronghai Wang, Junfeng Yao, Lin Wang, Xiaohan Liu, Hongwei Wang, and Liling Zheng

(Quanzhou Normal University, China; Xiamen University, China; Sanming University, China; Quanzhou First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, China)

A System for Creating Virtual Reality Content from Make-Believe Games

Adela Barbulescu, Maxime Garcia, Antoine Begault, Laurence Boissieux, Marie-Paule Cani, Maxime Portaz, Alexis Viand, Romain Dulery, Pierre Heinish, Remi Ronfard, and Dominique Vaufreydaz

(Inria, France; LJK Grenoble, France; University of Grenoble, France; LIG, France; Grenoble INP, France; CNRS, France)

AACT: A Mobile Augmented Reality Application for Art Creation

Ayush Bhargava, Jeffrey Bertrand, and Sabarish V. Babu

(Clemson University, USA)

Acoustic VR in the Mouth: A Real-Time Speech-Driven Visual Tongue System

Ran Luo, Qiang Fang, Jianguo Wei, Wenhuan Lu, Weiwei Xu, and Yin Yang

(University of New Mexico, USA; Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China; Tianjin University, China; Zhejiang University, China)

Adaptive 360-Degree Video Streaming using Layered Video Coding

Afshin Taghavi Nasrabadi, Anahita Mahzari, Joseph D. Beshay, and Ravi Prakash

(University of Texas at Dallas, USA)

Adaptive User Perspective Rendering for Handheld Augmented Reality

Peter Mohr, Markus Tatzgern, Jens Grubert, Dieter Schmalstieg, and Denis Kalkofen

(Graz University of Technology, Austria; Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Austria; Coburg University, Germany)

Advertising Perception with Immersive Virtual Reality Devices

Eduardo Zilles Borba and Marcelo Knorich Zuffo

(University of São Paulo, Brazil)

Air Cushion: A Pilot Study of the Passive Technique to Mitigate Simulator Sickness by Responding to Vection

Yoshikazu Onuki, Shunsuke Ono, and Itsuo Kumazawa

(Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

All Are Welcome: Using VR Ethnography to Explore Harassment Behavior in Immersive Social Virtual Reality

Ketaki Shriram and Raz Schwartz

(Stanford University, USA; Oculus, USA)

Altering User Movement Behaviour in Virtual Environments

Adalberto L. Simeone, Ifigeneia Mavridou, and Wendy Powell

(University of Portsmouth, UK; University of Bournemouth, UK)

An Arm-Mounted Inertial Controller for 6DOF Input: Design and Evaluation

Thomas S. Young, Robert J. Teather, and I. Scott MacKenzie

(York University, Canada; Carleton University, Canada)

An Evaluation of Strategies for Two-User Redirected Walking in Shared Physical Spaces

Mahdi Azmandian, Timofey Grechkin, and Evan Suma Rosenberg

(University of Southern California, USA)

An Exploration of Input Conditions for Virtual Teleportation

Emil R. Høeg, Kevin V. Ruder, Niels C. Nilsson, Rolf Nordahl, and Stefania Serafin

(Aalborg University at Copenhagen, Denmark)

An Immersive Approach to Visualizing Perceptual Disturbances

Grace M. Rodriguez, Marvis Cruz, Andrew Solis, and Brian C. McCann

(University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico; University of Florida, USA; University of Texas at Austin, USA)

Analysis of R-V Dynamics Illusion Behavior Caused by Varying the Weight of Real Object

Kana Oshima, Satoshi Hashiguchi, Fumihisa Shibata, and Asako Kimura

(Ritsumeikan University, Japan)

Anatomical 2D/3D Shape-Matching in Virtual Reality: A User Interface for Quantifying Joint Kinematics with Radiographic Imaging

Kyungyoon Kim, Rebekah L. Lawrence, Nikki Kyllonen, Paula M. Ludewig, Arin M. Ellingson, and Daniel F. Keefe

(University of Minnesota, USA)

Anatomy Builder VR: Applying a Constructive Learning Method in the Virtual Reality Canine Skeletal System

Jinsil Hwaryoung Seo, Brian Smith, Margaret Cook, Michelle Pine, Erica Malone, Steven Leal, and Jinkyo Suh

(Texas A&M University, USA)

Angle and Pressure-Based Volumetric Picking on Touchscreen Devices

Ievgeniia Gutenko, Seyedkoosha Mirhosseini, and Arie E. Kaufman

(Stony Brook University, USA)

Application of Redirected Walking in Room-Scale VR

Eike Langbehn, Paul Lubos, Gerd Bruder, and Frank Steinicke

(University of Hamburg, Germany; University of Central Florida, USA)

Approximating Optimal Sets of Views in Virtual Scenes

Sebastian Freitag, Clemens Löbbert, Benjamin Weyers, and Torsten W. Kuhlen

(RWTH Aachen University, Germany; JARA-HPC, Germany)

ArcheoVR: Exploring Itapeva's Archeological Site

Eduardo Zilles Borba, Andre Montes, Marcio Almeida, Mario Nagamura, Roseli Lopes, Marcelo Knorich Zuffo, Astolfo Araujo, and Regis Kopper

(University of São Paulo, Brazil; Duke University, USA)

Asking Ethical Questions in Research using Immersive Virtual and Augmented Reality Technologies with Children and Youth

Erica Southgate, Shamus P. Smith, and Jill Scevak

(University of Newcastle, Australia)

Assisted Travel Based on Common Visibility and Navigation Meshes

Sebastian Freitag, Benjamin Weyers, and Torsten W. Kuhlen

(RWTH Aachen University, Germany; JARA-HPC, Germany)

Asymetric Telecollaboration in Virtual Reality

Thibault Porssut and Jean-Rémy Chardonnet

(EPFL, Switzerland; LE2I, France)

Attention Guidance for Immersive Video Content in Head-Mounted Displays

Fabien Danieau, Antoine Guillo, and Renaud Doré

(Technicolor R&I, France; ENSAM, France)

Attention Guiding Techniques using Peripheral Vision and Eye Tracking for Feedback in Augmented-Reality-Based Assistance Systems

Patrick Renner and Thies Pfeiffer

(Bielefeld University, Germany)

Augmented Reality Digital Sculpture

Nathanael Harrell, Grayson Bonds, Xiaojia Wang, Sean Valent, Elham Ebrahimi, and Sabarish V. Babu

(Clemson University, USA)

Augmented Reality Exhibits of Constructive Art: 8th Annual 3DUI Contest

Rongkai Guo and Ryan P. McMahan

(Kennesaw State University, USA; University of Texas at Dallas, USA; RWTH Aachen University, Germany)

Augmented Reality: Principles and Practice

Dieter Schmalstieg and Tobias Höllerer

(Graz University of Technology, Austria; University of California at Santa Barbara, USA)

Augmenting Creative Design Thinking using Networks of Concepts

Georgi V. Georgiev, Kaori Yamada, Toshiharu Taura, Vassilis Kostakos, Matti Pouke, Sylvia Tzvetanova Yung, and Timo Ojala

(University of Oulu, Finland; Kobe University, Japan; University of Bedfordshire, UK)

Automatic Speed and Direction Control along Constrained Navigation Paths

Seyedkoosha Mirhosseini, Ievgeniia Gutenko, Sushant Ojal, Joseph Marino, and Arie E. Kaufman

(Stony Brook University, USA)

Awestruck: Natural Interaction with Virtual Reality on Eliciting Awe

Denise Quesnel and Bernhard E. Riecke

(Simon Fraser University, Canada)

Batmen Beyond: Natural 3D Manipulation with the BatWand

André Montes Rodrigues, Olavo Belloc, Eduardo Zilles Borba, Mario Nagamura, and Marcelo Knorich Zuffo

(University of São Paulo, Brazil)

Bending the Curve: Sensitivity to Bending of Curved Paths and Application in Room-Scale VR

Eike Langbehn, Paul Lubos, Gerd Bruder, and Frank Steinicke

(University of Hamburg, Germany; University of Central Florida, USA)

Biomechanical Analysis of (Non-)Isometric Virtual Walking of Older Adults

Omar Janeh, Eike Langbehn, Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Alessandro Gulberti, and Monika Poetter-Nerger

(University of Hamburg, Germany; University of Central Florida, USA; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany)

BlowClick 2.0: A Trigger Based on Non-verbal Vocal Input

Daniel Zielasko, Neha Neha, Benjamin Weyers, and Torsten W. Kuhlen

(RWTH Aachen University, Germany; JARA-HPC, Germany)

Bodiless Embodiment: A Descriptive Survey of Avatar Bodily Coherence in First-Wave Consumer VR Applications

Dooley Murphy

(University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Bookshelf and Bird: Enabling Real Walking in Large VR Spaces through Cell-Based Redirection

Run Yu, Wallace S. Lages, Mahdi Nabiyouni, Brandon Ray, Navyaram Kondur, Vikram Chandrashekar, and Doug A. Bowman

(Virginia Tech, USA)

Can Social Presence Be Contagious? Effects of Social Presence Priming on Interaction with Virtual Humans

Salam Daher, Kangsoo Kim, Myungho Lee, Gerd Bruder, Ryan Schubert, and Jeremy Bailenson

(University of Central Florida, USA; Stanford University, USA)

Catching a Real Ball in Virtual Reality

Matthew K. X. J. Pan and Günter Niemeyer

(Disney Research, USA)

Cinematic Virtual Reality: Evaluating the Effect of Display Type on the Viewing Experience for Panoramic Video

Andrew MacQuarrie and Anthony Steed

(University College London, UK)

Classic3D and Single3D: Two Unimanual Techniques for Constrained 3D Manipulations on Tablet PCs

Siju Wu, Aylen Ricca, Amine Chellali, and Samir Otmane

(University of Evry, France)

Classification Method of Tactile Feeling using Stacked Autoencoder Based on Haptic Primary Colors

Fumihiro Kato, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Yasuyuki Inoue, and Susumu Tachi

(University of Tokyo, Japan; Keio University, Japan)

Cognitive Psychology and Human Factors Engineering of Virtual Reality

Adrian K. T. Ng

(University of Hong Kong, China)

Coherence Changes Gaze Behavior in Virtual Human Interactions

Richard Skarbez, Gregory F. Welch, Frederick P. Brooks Jr., and Mary C. Whitton

(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA; University of Central Florida, USA)

Collaborative Manipulation of 3D Virtual Objects in Augmented Reality Scenarios using Mobile Devices

Jerônimo G. Grandi, Iago Berndt, Henrique G. Debarba, Luciana Nedel, and Anderson Maciel

(Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Artanim Foundation, Switzerland)

Comparing Leaning-Based Motion Cueing Interfaces for Virtual Reality Locomotion

Alexandra Kitson, Abraham M. Hashemian, Ekaterina R. Stepanova, Ernst Kruijff, and Bernhard E. Riecke

(Simon Fraser University, Canada; Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany)

Comparing VR and Non-VR Driving Simulations: An Experimental User Study

Florian Weidner, Anne Hoesch, Sandra Poeschl, and Wolfgang Broll

(TU Ilmenau, Germany)

Comparing VR Environments for Seat Selection in an Opera Theater

José Luis Dorado, Pablo Figueroa, Jean-Rémy Chardonnet, and José Tiberio Hernández

(University of Andes, Colombia; LE2I, France)

Comparison of a Speech-Based and a Pie-Menu-Based Interaction Metaphor for Application Control

Sebastian Pick, Andrew S. Puika, and Torsten W. Kuhlen

(RWTH Aachen University, Germany; JARA-HPC, Germany; Shinta VR, Indonesia)

COMS-VR: Mobile Virtual Reality Entertainment System using Electric Car and Head-Mounted Display

Ryo Kodama, Masahiro Koge, Shun Taguchi, and Hiroyuki Kajimoto

(TOYOTA Central R&D Labs, Japan; University of Electro-Communications, Japan)

Conditions Influencing Perception of Wind Direction by the Head

Takuya Nakano and Yasuyuki Yanagida

(Meijo University, Japan)

Contextualizing Construction Accident Reports in Virtual Environments for Safety Education

Alyssa M. Peña and Eric D. Ragan

(Texas A&M University, USA)

Coordinating Attention and Cooperation in Multi-user Virtual Reality Narratives

Cullen Brown, Ghanshyam Bhutra, Mohamed Suhail, Qinghong Xu, and Eric D. Ragan

(Texas A&M University, USA)

Corrective Feedback for Depth Perception in CAVE-Like Systems

Adrian K. T. Ng, Leith K. Y. Chan, and Henry Y. K. Lau

(University of Hong Kong, China)

Curvature Gains in Redirected Walking: A Closer Look

Malte Nogalski and Wolfgang Fohl

(University of Applied Sciences Hamburg, Germany)

Data Fragment: Virtual Reality for Viewing and Querying Large Image Sets

Theophilus Teo, Mitchell Norman, Matt Adcock, and Bruce H. Thomas

(University of South Australia, Australia; CSIRO, Australia)

Defying the Nazis VR

Dylan Southard, Elijah Allan-Blitz, Jordan Halsey, Christina Heller, and Artemis Joukowsky

(VR Playhouse, USA; A-B Productions, USA; Farm Pond Pictures, USA)

Demonstration: Rapid One-Shot Acquisition of Dynamic VR Avatars

Charles Malleson, Maggie Kosek, Martin Klaudiny, Ivan Huerta, Jean-Charles Bazin, Alexander Sorkine-Hornung, Mark Mine, and Kenny Mitchell

(Disney Research, UK; Edinburgh Napier University, UK; Disney Research, Switzerland; Walt Disney Imagineering, USA)

Design and Assessment of Haptic Interfaces: An Essay on Proactive Haptic Articulation

Victor Adriel de Jesus Oliveira

(Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

Design and Preliminary Evaluation of an Ego-Exocentric Technique for Cooperative Manipulation

Leonardo Pavanatto Soares, Márcio Sarroglia Pinho, and Regis Kopper

(PUCRS, Brazil; Duke University, USA)

Design of Collaborative 3D User Interfaces for Virtual and Augmented Reality

Jerônimo G. Grandi

(Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

Designing a Vibrotactile Head-mounted Display for Spatial Awareness in 3D Spaces

Victor Adriel de Jesus Oliveira, Luca Brayda, Luciana Nedel, and Anderson Maciel

(Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; IIT Genova, Italy)

Designing Intentional Impossible Spaces in Virtual Reality Narratives: A Case Study

Joshua A. Fisher, Amit Garg, Karan Pratap Singh, and Wesley Wang

(Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

Designing Next Generation Marketplace: The Effect of 3D VR Store Interface Design on Shopping Behavior

Hyo Jeong Kang

(University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)

Development and Evaluation of a Hands-Free Motion Cueing Interface for Ground-Based Navigation

Jacob Freiberg, Alexandra Kitson, and Bernhard E. Riecke

(Simon Fraser University, Canada)

Diminished Hand: A Diminished Reality-Based Work Area Visualization

Shohei Mori, Momoko Maezawa, Naoto Ienaga, and Hideo Saito

(Keio University, Japan)

Diminished Reality for Acceleration Stimulus: Motion Sickness Reduction with Vection for Autonomous Driving

Taishi Sawabe, Masayuki Kanbara, and Norihiro Hagita

(NAIST, Japan; ATR, Japan)

Diving into the Multiplicity: Liberating Your Design Process from a Convention-Centered Approach

Rebecca Rouse, Benjamin Chang, and Silvia Ruzanka

(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)

Earthquake Safety Training through Virtual Drills

Changyang Li, Wei Liang, Chris Quigley, Yibiao Zhao, and Lap-Fai Yu

(Beijing Institute of Technology, China; University of Massachusetts at Boston, USA; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)

Effect of Footstep Vibrations and Proprioceptive Vibrations Used with an Innovative Navigation Method

Jérémy Plouzeau, José Luis Dorado, Damien Paillot, and Frédéric Merienne

(LE2I, France; HeSam, France)

Effect of Hand-Avatar in a Selection Task Using a Tablet as Input Device in an Immersive Virtual Environment

Luis Afonso, Paulo Dias, Carlos Ferreira, and Beatriz Sousa Santos

(University of Aveiro, Portugal)

Effect on High versus Low Fidelity Haptic Feedback in a Virtual Reality Baseball Simulation

Andreas Ryge, Lui Thomsen, Theis Berthelsen, Jonatan S. Hvass, Lars Koreska, Casper Vollmers, Niels C. Nilsson, Rolf Nordahl, and Stefania Serafin

(Aalborg University at Copenhagen, Denmark)

Effects of Stereo and Head Tracking on Distance Estimation, Presence, and Simulator Sickness using Wall Screen in Architectural Project Review

Sabah Boustila, Dominique Bechmann, and Antonio Capobianco

(University of Strasbourg, France)

Effects of Using HMDs on Visual Fatigue in Virtual Environments

Jie Guo, Dongdong Weng, Henry Been-Lirn Duh, Yue Liu, and Yongtian Wang

(Beijing Institute of Technology, China; La Trobe University, Australia)

Efficient Approximate Computation of Scene Visibility Based on Navigation Meshes and Applications for Navigation and Scene Analysis

Sebastian Freitag, Benjamin Weyers, and Torsten W. Kuhlen

(RWTH Aachen University, Germany; JARA-HPC, Germany)

Efficient Construction of the Spatial Room Impulse Response

Carl Schissler, Peter Stirling, and Ravish Mehra

(Oculus, USA; Facebook, USA)

Efficient Hybrid Image Warping for High Frame-Rate Stereoscopic Rendering

Andre Schollmeyer, Simon Schneegans, Stephan Beck, Anthony Steed, and Bernd Froehlich

(Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany; University College London, UK)

Efficient Sound Synthesis for Natural Scenes

Kai Wang, Haonan Cheng, and Shiguang Liu

(Tianjin University, China)

Emotional Qualities of VR Space

Asma Naz, Regis Kopper, Ryan P. McMahan, and Mihai Nadin

(University of Texas at Dallas, USA; Duke University, USA)

Emulation of Physician Tasks in Eye-tracked Virtual Reality for Remote Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Disease

Jason Orlosky, Yuta Itoh, Maud Ranchet, Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, John Morgan, and Hannes Devos

(Osaka University, Japan; Keio University, Japan; IFSTTAR, France; Augusta University, USA; University of Kansas Medical Center, USA)

Enhancements to VTK Enabling Scientific Visualization in Immersive Environments

Patrick O'Leary, Sankhesh Jhaveri, Aashish Chaudhary, William Sherman, Ken Martin, David Lonie, Eric Whiting, James Money, and Sandy McKenzie

(Kitware, USA; Indiana University, USA; Idaho National Laboratory, USA)

Estimating the Motion-to-Photon Latency in Head Mounted Displays

Jingbo Zhao, Robert S. Allison, Margarita Vinnikov, and Sion Jennings

(York University, Canada; National Research Council, Canada)

Evaluating Gesture-Based Augmented Reality Annotation

Yun Suk Chang, Benjamin Nuernberger, Bo Luan, and Tobias Höllerer

(University of California at Santa Barbara, USA)

Evaluating Perceived Distance Measures in Room-Scale Spaces using Consumer-Grade Head Mounted Displays

Alex Peer and Kevin Ponto

(University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)

Evaluation of a Penalty and a Constraint-Based Haptic Rendering Algorithm with Different Haptic Interfaces and Stiffness Values

Mikel Sagardia and Thomas Hulin

(German Aerospace Center, Germany)

Evaluation of Airflow Effect on a VR Walk

Masato Kurosawa, Ken Ito, Yasushi Ikei, Koichi Hirota, and Michiteru Kitazaki

(Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan; University of Electro-Communications, Japan; Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan)

Evaluation of Approaching-Strategies of Temporarily Required Virtual Assistants in Immersive Environments

Andrea Bönsch, Tom Vierjahn, and Torsten W. Kuhlen

(RWTH Aachen University, Germany; JARA-HPC, Germany)

Evaluation of Labelling Layout Methods in Augmented Reality

Gang Li, Yue Liu, and Yongtian Wang

(Beijing Institute of Technology, China)

Experiencing Guidance in 3D Spaces with a Vibrotactile Head-Mounted Display

Victor Adriel de Jesus Oliveira, Luca Brayda, Luciana Nedel, and Anderson Maciel

(Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy)

Exploring Natural Eye-Gaze-Based Interaction for Immersive Virtual Reality

Thammathip Piumsomboon, Gun Lee, Robert W. Lindeman, and Mark Billinghurst

(University of South Australia, Australia; University of Canterbury, New Zealand)

Exploring Non-reversing Magic Mirrors for Screen-Based Augmented Reality Systems

Felix Bork, Roghayeh Barmaki, Ulrich Eck, Pascal Fallavolita, Bernhard Fuerst, and Nassir Navab

(TU Munich, Germany; Johns Hopkins University, USA; University of Ottawa, Canada)

Exploring the Effect of Vibrotactile Feedback through the Floor on Social Presence in an Immersive Virtual Environment

Myungho Lee and Gerd Bruder

(University of Central Florida, USA)

FACETEQ Interface Demo for Emotion Expression in VR

Ifigeneia Mavridou, James T. McGhee, Mahyar Hamedi, Mohsen Fatoorechi, Andrew Cleal, Emili Ballaguer-Balester, Ellen Seiss, Graeme Cox, and Charles Nduka

(Bournemouth University, UK; Sussex Innovation Centre, UK)

FlexiFingers: Multi-finger Interaction in VR Combining Passive Haptics and Pseudo-Haptics

Merwan Achibet, Benoît Le Gouis, Maud Marchal, Pierre-Alexandre Léziart, Adrien Girard, and Hiroyuki Kajimoto

(Inria, France; INSA, France; IRISA, France; ENS, France; University of Electro-Communications, Japan)

Force and Vibrotactile Integration for 3D User Interaction within Virtual Environments

Aida Erfanian, Stanley Tarng, and Yaoping Hu

(University of Calgary, Canada; LE2I, France)

Gauntlet: Travel Technique for Immersive Environments using Non-dominant Hand

Mathew Tomberlin, Liudmila Tahai, and Krzysztof Pietroszek

(California State University at Monterey Bay, USA; University of Waterloo, Canada)

Gaze Estimation Based on Head Movements in Virtual Reality Applications using Deep Learning

Agata Marta Soccini

(University of Torino, Italy)

Genome Gazing: A 360° Stereoscopic Animation for Google Cardboard

Kate Patterson

(Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia)

Gesture Elicitation for 3D Travel via Multi-Touch and Mid-Air Systems for Procedurally Generated Pseudo-Universe

Francisco R. Ortega, Alain Galvan, Katherine Tarre, Armando Barreto, Naphtali Rishe, Jonathan Bernal, Ruben Balcazar, and Jason-Lee Thomas

(Florida International University, USA)

Gesture-Based Augmented Reality Annotation

Yun Suk Chang, Benjamin Nuernberger, Bo Luan, Tobias Höllerer, and John O’Donovan

(University of California at Santa Barbara, USA)

Group Immersive Education with Digital Fulldome Planetariums

Ka Chun Yu, Kamran Sahami, Victoria Sahami, Larry Sessions, and Grant Denn

(Denver Museum of Nature & Science, USA; Metropolitan State University of Denver, USA)

Guided Head Rotation and Amplified Head Rotation: Evaluating Semi-natural Travel and Viewing Techniques in Virtual Reality

Shyam Prathish Sargunam, Kasra Rahimi Moghadam, Mohamed Suhail, and Eric D. Ragan

(Texas A&M University, USA)

Hand Gesture Controls for Image Categorization in Immersive Virtual Environments

Chao Peng, Jeffrey T. Hansberger, Lizhou Cao, and Vaidyanath Areyur Shanthakumar

(University of Alabama at Huntsville, USA; US Army Research Lab, USA)

High-Definition Wireless Personal Area Tracking using AC Magnetic Field for Virtual Reality

Mohit Singh and Byunghoo Jung

(Purdue University, USA)

HOT: Hold your Own Tools for AR-Based Constructive Art

Giuseppe Attanasio, Alberto Cannavò, Francesca Cibrario, Fabrizio Lamberti, Paolo Montuschi, and Gianluca Paravati

(Politecnico di Torino, Italy)

Human-Centered Design for Immersive Interactions

Jason Jerald

(NextGen Interactions, USA)

Hypertextual Reality: VR on the Web

Diego González-Zúñiga, Peter O'Shaughnessy, and Michael Blix

(Samsung Research, UK; Samsung Research, USA)

HySAR: Hybrid Material Rendering by an Optical See-Through Head-Mounted Display with Spatial Augmented Reality Projection

Yuichi Hiroi, Yuta Itoh, Takumi Hamasaki, Daisuke Iwai, and Maki Sugimoto

(Keio University, Japan; Osaka University, Japan)

Immerj: A Novel System for Democratizing Immersive Storytelling

Sarang S. Bhadsavle, Xie Hunt Shannon Yap, Justin Segler, Rahul Jaisimha, Nishant Raman, Yengzhou Feng, Sierra J. Biggs, Micah Peoples, Robert B. Brenner, and Brian C. McCann

(University of Texas at Austin, USA)

Immersion and Coherence in a Visual Cliff Environment

Richard Skarbez, Frederick P. Brooks Jr., and Mary C. Whitton

(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)

Immersive and Collaborative Taichi Motion Learning in Various VR Environments

Tianyu He, Xiaoming Chen, Zhibo Chen, Ye Li, Sen Liu, Junhui Hou, and Ying He

(University of Science and Technology of China, China; City University of Hong Kong, China; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Immersive Data Interaction for Planetary and Earth Sciences

Victor Ardulov and Oleg Pariser

(Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA)

Immersive Virtual Training for Substation Electricians

Eduardo H. Tanaka, Juliana A. Paludo, Rafael Bacchetti, Edgar V. Gadbem, Leonardo R. Domingues, Carlúcio S. Cordeiro, Olavo Giraldi Jr., Guilherme Alcarde Gallo, Adam Mendes da Silva, and Marcos H. Cascone

(Eldorado Research Institute, Brazil)

Improve Accessibility of Virtual and Augmented Reality for People with Balance Impairments

Sharif Mohammad Shahnewaz Ferdous

(University of Texas at San Antonio, USA)

Increasing Optical Tracking Workspace of VR Applications using Controlled Cameras

Guillaume Cortes, Eric Marchand, and Jérôme Ardouin

(Realyz, France; University of Rennes 1, France; Inria, France)

Indirect Touch Interaction with Stereoscopic Displays using a Two-Sided Handheld Touch Device

Prabhakar V. Vemavarapu and Christoph W. Borst

(University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA)

Inducing Self-Motion Sensations in Driving Simulators using Force-Feedback and Haptic Motion

Guillaume Bouyer and Amine Chellali

(University of Évry Val d'Essonne, France; Inria, France)

Influence of Avatar Appearance on Presence in Social VR

Paul Heidicker, Eike Langbehn, and Frank Steinicke

(University of Hamburg, Germany)

Information Recall in VR Disability Simulation

Tanvir Irfan Chowdhury, Raphael Costa, and John Quarles

(University of Texas at San Antonio, USA)

Interaction with WebVR 360° Video Player: Comparing Three Interaction Paradigms

Toni Pakkanen, Jaakko Hakulinen, Tero Jokela, Ismo Rakkolainen, Jari Kangas, Petri Piippo, Roope Raisamo, and Marja Salmimaa

(University of Tampere, Finland; Nokia, Finland)

Interpretation of Navigation Information Modulates the Effect of the Waist-Type Hanger Reflex on Walking

Yuki Kon, Takuto Nakamura, and Hiroyuki Kajimoto

(University of Electro-Communications, Japan)

Itapeva 3D: Being Indiana Jones in Virtual Reality

Eduardo Zilles Borba, Andre Montes, Roseli de Deus Lopes, Marcelo Knorich Zuffo, and Regis Kopper

(University of São Paulo, Brazil; Duke University, USA)

Jedi ForceExtension: Telekinesis as a Virtual Reality Interaction Metaphor

Rory M. S. Clifford, Nikita Mae B. Tuanquin, and Robert W. Lindeman

(University of Canterbury, New Zealand)

Jogging with a Virtual Runner using a See-Through HMD

Takeo Hamada, Michio Okada, and Michiteru Kitazaki

(Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan)

Keynote

Jun Rekimoto

KKse: Safety Education System of the Child in the Kitchen Knife Cooking

Shiho Saito, Koichi Hirota, and Takuya Nojima

(University of Electro-Communications, Japan)

Lean into It: Exploring Leaning-Based Motion Cueing Interfaces for Virtual Reality Movement

Alexandra Kitson, Abraham M. Hashemian, Ekaterina R. Stepanova, Ernst Kruijff, and Bernhard E. Riecke

(Simon Fraser University, Canada; Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany)

MagicToon: A 2D-to-3D Creative Cartoon Modeling System with Mobile AR

Lele Feng, Xubo Yang, and Shuangjiu Xiao

(Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)

Measurement of 3D-Velocity by High-Frame-Rate Optical Mouse Sensors to Extrapolate 3D Position Captured by a Low-Frame-Rate Stereo Camera

Itsuo Kumazawa, Toshihiro Kai, Yoshikazu Onuki, and Shunsuke Ono

(Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

Mechanism of Integrating Force and Vibrotactile Cues for 3D User Interaction within Virtual Environments

Aida Erfanian, Stanley Tarng, and Yaoping Hu

(University of Calgary, Canada; LE2I, France)

Message from the Chairs

Maud Marchal, Robert J. Teather, and Bruce Thomas

(IRISA, France; INSA, France; Carleton University, Canada; University of South Australia, Australia)

Message from the General Chairs

Evan Suma Rosenberg, David M. Krum, and Zachary Wartell

(University of Southern California, USA; University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)

Message from the Program Chairs

Betty Mohler, Sabarish V. Babu, Frank Steinicke, and Victoria Interrante

(Max Planck Institutes for Biological Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems, Germany; Clemson University, USA; University of Hamburg, Germany; University of Minnesota, USA)

Mid-Air Modeling with Boolean Operations in VR

Daniel Mendes, Daniel Medeiros, Maurício Sousa, Ricardo Ferreira, Alberto Raposo, Alfredo Ferreira, and Joaquim Jorge

(INESC-ID, Portugal; University of Lisbon, Portugal; PUC-Rio, Brazil)

Mixed Reality Training for Tank Platoon Leader Communication Skills

Peter Khooshabeh, Igor Choromanski, Catherine Neubauer, David M. Krum, Ryan Spicer, and Julia Campbell

(US Army Research Lab, USA; University of Southern California, USA)

Mobile Collaborative Mixed Reality for Supporting Scientific Inquiry and Visualization of Earth Science Data

Suya You and Charles K. Thompson

(University of Southern California, USA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA)

Monocular Focus Estimation Method for a Freely-Orienting Eye using Purkinje-Sanson Images

Yuta Itoh, Jason Orlosky, Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, Toshiyuki Amano, and Maki Sugimoto

(Keio University, Japan; Osaka University, Japan; Wakayama University, Japan)

Motor Adaptation in Response to Scaling and Diminished Feedback in Virtual Reality

David M. Krum, Thai Phan, and Sin-Hwa Kang

(University of Southern California, USA)

Moving in a Box: Improving Spatial Orientation in Virtual Reality using Simulated Reference Frames

Thinh Nguyen-Vo, Bernhard E. Riecke, and Wolfgang Stuerzlinger

(Simon Fraser University, Canada)

mpCubee: Towards a Mobile Perspective Cubic Display using Mobile Phones

Jens Grubert and Matthias Kranz

(Coburg University, Germany; University of Passau, Germany)

MR Sand Table: Mixing Real-Time Video Streaming in Physical Models

Zhong Zhou, Zhiyi Bian, and Zheng Zhuo

(Beihang University, China)

MR360: Mixed Reality Rendering for 360° Panoramic Videos

Taehyun Rhee, Lohit Petikam, Benjamin Allen, and Andrew Chalmers

(Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

Multi-phase Wall Warner System for Real Walking in Virtual Environments

Markus Zank, Colin Yao, and Andreas Kunz

(ETH Zurich, Switzerland)

Navigation Interfaces for Virtual Reality and Gaming: Theory and Practice

Ernst Kruijff and Bernhard E. Riecke

(Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany; Simon Fraser University, Canada)

NIVR: Neuro Imaging in Virtual Reality

Tyler Ard, David M. Krum, Thai Phan, Dominique Duncan, Ryan Essex, Mark Bolas, and Arthur Toga

(University of Southern California, USA)

Notes on Virtual and Augmented Reality (Keynote)

Tobias Höllerer

(University of California at Santa Barbara, USA)

Object Location Memory Error in Virtual and Real Environments

Mengxin Xu, María Murcia-López, and Anthony Steed

(University College London, UK)

Observation of Mirror Reflection and Voluntary Self-Touch Enhance Self-Recognition for a Telexistence Robot

Yasuyuki Inoue, Fumihiro Kato, MHD Yamen Saraiji, Charith Lasantha Fernando, and Susumu Tachi

(University of Tokyo, Japan; Keio University, Japan)

On Exploring the Mitigation of Distance Misperception in Virtual Reality

Alex Peer

(University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)

Optical See-Through vs. Spatial Augmented Reality Simulators for Medical Applications

Salam Daher

(University of Central Florida, USA)

Optimized Graph Extraction and Locomotion Prediction for Redirected Walking

Markus Zank and Andreas Kunz

(ETH Zurich, Switzerland)

Optimizing Placement of Commodity Depth Cameras for Known 3D Dynamic Scene Capture

Rohan Chabra, Adrian Ilie, Nicholas Rewkowski, Young-Woon Cha, and Henry Fuchs

(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)

Paint with Me: Stimulating Creativity and Empathy While Painting with a Painter in Virtual Reality

Lynda Joy Gerry

(University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Painting with Light: Gesture Based Light Control in Architectural Settings

Mohamed Handosa, Denis Gračanin, Hicham G. Elmongui, and Andrew Ciambrone

(Virginia Tech, USA; Alexandria University, Egypt)

Pano: Design and Evaluation of a 360° Through-the-Lens Technique

Damien Clergeaud and Pascal Guitton

(Inria, France; University of Bordeaux, France)

Peers at Work: Economic Real-Effort Experiments in the Presence of Virtual Co-workers

Andrea Bönsch, Jonathan Wendt, Heiko Overath, Özgür Gürerk, Christine Harbring, Christian Grund, Thomas Kittsteiner, and Torsten W. Kuhlen

(RWTH Aachen University, Germany; JARA-HPC, Germany)

PRECIOUS! Out-of-Reach Selection using Iterative Refinement in VR

Daniel Mendes, Daniel Medeiros, Eduardo Cordeiro, Maurício Sousa, Alfredo Ferreira, and Joaquim Jorge

(INESC-ID, Portugal; University of Lisbon, Portugal)

Preliminary Exploration: Perceived Egocentric Distance Measures in Room-Scale Spaces using Consumer-Grade Head Mounted Displays

Alex Peer and Kevin Ponto

(University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)

Prioritization and Static Error Compensation for Multi-camera Collaborative Tracking in Augmented Reality

Jianren Wang, Long Qian, Ehsan Azimi, and Peter Kazanzides

(Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China; Johns Hopkins University, USA)

Prism Aftereffects for Throwing with a Self-Avatar in an Immersive Virtual Environment

Bobby Bodenheimer, Sarah Creem-Regehr, Jeanine Stefanucci, Elena Shemetova, and William B. Thompson

(Vanderbilt University, USA; University of Utah, USA)

Procedural Celestial Rendering for 3D Navigation

Alain Galvan, Francisco R. Ortega, and Naphtali Rishe

(Florida International University, USA)

Proposal of a Spectral Random Dots Marker using Local Feature for Posture Estimation

Norimasa Kobori, Daisuke Deguchi, Ichiro Ide, and Hiroshi Murase

(Toyota, Japan; Nagoya University, Japan)

Rapid Creation of Photorealistic Virtual Reality Content with Consumer Depth Cameras

Chih-Fan Chen, Mark Bolas, and Evan Suma Rosenberg

(University of Southern California, USA)

Rapid One-Shot Acquisition of Dynamic VR Avatars

Charles Malleson, Maggie Kosek, Martin Klaudiny, Ivan Huerta, Jean-Charles Bazin, Alexander Sorkine-Hornung, Mark Mine, and Kenny Mitchell

(Disney Research, UK; Edinburgh Napier University, UK; Disney Research, Switzerland; Walt Disney Imagineering, USA)

Real-Time Interactive AR System for Broadcasting

Hyunwoo Cho, Sung-Uk Jung, and Hyung-Keun Jee

(ETRI, South Korea)

Recognition and Mapping of Facial Expressions to Avatar by Embedded Photo Reflective Sensors in Head Mounted Display

Katsuhiro Suzuki, Fumihiko Nakamura, Jiu Otsuka, Katsutoshi Masai, Yuta Itoh, Yuta Sugiura, and Maki Sugimoto

(Keio University, Japan)

Recommender System for Physical Object Substitution in VR

Jose Garcia Estrada and Adalberto L. Simeone

(University of Portsmouth, UK)

Redirected Reach in Virtual Reality: Enabling Natural Hand Interaction at Multiple Virtual Locations with Passive Haptics

Mohamed Suhail, Shyam Prathish Sargunam, Dustin T. Han, and Eric D. Ragan

(Texas A&M University, USA)

REINVENT: A Low-Cost, Virtual Reality Brain-Computer Interface for Severe Stroke Upper Limb Motor Recovery

Ryan Spicer, Julia Anglin, David M. Krum, and Sook-Lei Liew

(University of Southern California, USA)

Repeat after Me: Using Mixed Reality Humans to Influence Best Communication Practices

Andrew Cordar, Adam Wendling, Casey White, Samsun Lampotang, and Benjamin Lok

(University of Florida, USA; University of Virginia, USA)

Resolution-Defined Projections for Virtual Reality Video Compression

Charles Dunn and Brian Knott

(YouVisit, USA)

RIDE: Region-Induced Data Enhancement Method for Dynamic Calibration of Optical See-Through Head-Mounted Displays

Zhenliang Zhang, Dongdong Weng, Yue Liu, Yongtian Wang, and Xinjun Zhao

(Beijing Institute of Technology, China; Science and Technology on Complex Land Systems Simulation Laboratory, China)

Robust Optical See-Through Head-Mounted Display Calibration: Taking Anisotropic Nature of User Interaction Errors into Account

Ehsan Azimi, Long Qian, Peter Kazanzides, and Nassir Navab

(Johns Hopkins University, USA; TU Munich, Germany)

Scaled Jump in Gravity-reduced Virtual Environments

MyoungGon Kim, SungIk Cho, Tanh Quang Tran, Seong-Pil Kim, Ohung Kwon, and JungHyun Han

(Korea University, South Korea; Korea University of Science and Technology, South Korea; Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, South Korea)

SculptAR: An Augmented Reality Interaction System

Vicenzo Abichequer Sangalli, Thomas Volpato de Oliveira, Leonardo Pavanatto Soares, and Márcio Sarroglia Pinho

(PUCRS, Brazil)

Semantic Entity-Component State Management Techniques to Enhance Software Quality for Multimodal VR-Systems

Martin Fischbach, Dennis Wiebusch, and Marc Erich Latoschik

(University of Würzburg, Germany; University of Ulm, Germany)

Separation of Reflective and Fluorescent Components using the Color Mixing Matrix

Isao Shimana and Toshiyuki Amano

(Wakayama University, Japan)

Shifty: A Weight-Shifting Dynamic Passive Haptic Proxy to Enhance Object Perception in Virtual Reality

André Zenner and Antonio Krüger

(DFKI, Germany)

Simulating Anthropomorphic Upper Body Actions in Virtual Reality using Head and Hand Motion Data

Dustin T. Han, Shyam Prathish Sargunam, and Eric D. Ragan

(Texas A&M University, USA)

Singapore Inside Out London 2015 in VR

Lionel Chok

(iMMERSiVELY, Singapore)

Smoke Water Fire (2016)

Mark J. Stock

Socially Immersive Avatar-Based Communication

Daniel Roth, Kristoffer Waldow, Marc Erich Latoschik, Arnulph Fuhrmann, and Gary Bente

(University of Würzburg, Germany; University of Cologne, Germany; TH Köln, Germany; Michigan State University, USA)

Sound Design in Virtual Reality Concert Experiences using a Wave Field Synthesis Approach

Rasmus B. Lind, Victor Milesen, Dina M. Smed, Simone P. Vinkel, Francesco Grani, Niels C. Nilsson, Lars Reng, Rolf Nordahl, and Stefania Serafin

(Aalborg University at Copenhagen, Denmark)

Spatial and Rotation Invariant 3D Gesture Recognition Based on Sparse Representation

Ferran Argelaguet, Mélanie Ducoffe, Anatole Lécuyer, and Remi Gribonval

(Inria, France; IRISA, France; ENS, France)

Spatialized Vibrotactile Feedback Contributes to Goal-Directed Movements in Cluttered Virtual Environments

Céphise Louison, Fabien Ferlay, and Daniel R. Mestre

(CEA, France; Aix-Marseille University, France; CNRS, France)

Specimen Box: A Tangible Interaction Technique for World-Fixed Virtual Reality Displays

David J. Zielinski, Derek Nankivil, and Regis Kopper

(Duke University, USA)

Steering Locomotion by Vestibular Perturbation in Room-Scale VR

Misha Sra

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)

Study of Interaction Fidelity for Two Viewpoint Changing Techniques in a Virtual Biopsy Trainer

Aylen Ricca, Amine Chellali, and Samir Otmane

(University of Évry Val d'Essonne, France)

Sweeping-Based Volumetric Calibration and Registration of Multiple RGBD-Sensors for 3D Capturing Systems

Stephan Beck and Bernd Froehlich

(Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany)

T4T: Tangible Interface for Tuning 3D Object Manipulation Tools

Alberto Cannavò, Fabio Cermelli, Vincenzo Chiaramida, Giovanni Ciccone, Fabrizio Lamberti, Paolo Montuschi, and Gianluca Paravati

(Politecnico di Torino, Italy)

Tactile Feedback Enhanced with Discharged Elastic Energy and Its Effectiveness for In-Air Key-Press and Swipe Operations

Itsuo Kumazawa, Souma Suzuki, Yoshikazu Onuki, and Shunsuke Ono

(Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

Texturing of Augmented Reality Character Based on Colored Drawing

Hengheng Zhao, Ping Huang, and Junfeng Yao

(Xiamen University, China)

The AR-Rift 2 Prototype

Anthony Steed, Yonathan Widya Adipradana, and Sebastian Friston

(University College London, UK)

The Effect of Geometric Realism on Presence in a Virtual Reality Game

Jonatan S. Hvass, Oliver Larsen, Kasper B. Vendelbo, Niels C. Nilsson, Rolf Nordahl, and Stefania Serafin

(Aalborg University at Copenhagen, Denmark)

The Effect of Lip and Arm Synchronization on Embodiment: A Pilot Study

Tara Collingwoode-Williams, Marco Gillies, Cade McCall, and Xueni Pan

(University of London, UK; University of York, UK)

The Effectiveness of Changing the Field of View in a HMD on the Perceived Self-Motion

Oliver Basting, Arnulph Fuhrmann, and Stefan M. Grünvogel

(TH Köln, Germany)

The Effects of Presentation Method and Simulation Fidelity on Psychomotor Education in a Bimanual Metrology Training Simulation

Jeffrey Bertrand, Ayush Bhargava, Kapil Chalil Madathil, Anand Gramopadhye, and Sabarish V. Babu

(Clemson University, USA)

The Impact of Transitions on User Experience in Virtual Reality

Liang Men, Nick Bryan-Kinns, Amelia Shivani Hassard, and Zixiang Ma

(Queen Mary University of London, UK)

The Martian: Examining Human Physical Judgments Across Virtual Gravity Fields

Tian Ye, Siyuan Qi, James Kubricht, Yixin Zhu, Hongjing Lu, and Song-Chun Zhu

(University of California at Los Angeles, USA)

The Plausibility of a String Quartet Performance in Virtual Reality

Ilias Bergström, Sérgio Azevedo, Panos Papiotis, Nuno Saldanha, and Mel Slater

(KTH, Sweden; Microsoft, Portugal; Pompeu Fabra University, Spain; ICREA, Spain; University of Barcelona, Spain; University College London, UK)

The Problem of Persistence with Rotating Displays

Matthew Regan and Gavin S. P. Miller

(Monash Health, Australia; Adobe, USA)

The Pull

Quba Michalski, Brendan J. Hogan, and Jamie Hunsdale

(QubaVR, USA; Impossible Acoustic, USA)

Towards a Design Space Characterizing Workflows That Take Advantage of Immersive Visualization

Tom Vierjahn, Daniel Zielasko, Kees van Kooten, Peter Messmer, Bernd Hentschel, Torsten W. Kuhlen, and Benjamin Weyers

(RWTH Aachen University, Germany; JARA-HPC, Germany; NVIDIA, Germany; NVIDIA, Switzerland)

Towards a Hybrid Space Combining Spatial Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality

Joan Sol Roo and Martin Hachet

(Inria, France)

Towards Ad Hoc Mobile Multi-display Environments on Commodity Mobile Devices

Jens Grubert and Matthias Kranz

(Coburg University, Germany; University of Passau, Germany)

Towards Efficient Spatial Compression in Self-Overlapping Virtual Environments

Khrystyna Vasylevska and Hannes Kaufmann

(Vienna University of Technology, Austria)

Towards Understanding Scene Transition Techniques in Immersive 360 Movies and Cinematic Experiences

Kasra Rahimi Moghadam and Eric D. Ragan

(Texas A&M University, USA)

Towards Usable Underwater Virtual Reality Systems

Raphael Costa, Rongkai Guo, and John Quarles

(University of Texas at San Antonio, USA; Kennesaw State University, USA)

Transfer of a Skilled Motor Learning Task between Virtual and Conventional Environments

Julia Anglin, David Saldana, Allie Schmiesing, and Sook-Lei Liew

(University of Southern California, USA)

Travel in Large-Scale Head-Worn VR: Pre-oriented Teleportation with WIMs and Previews

Carmine Elvezio, Mengu Sukan, Steven Feiner, and Barbara Tversky

(Columbia University, USA; Teachers College, USA)

Trigger Walking: A Low-Fatigue Travel Technique for Immersive Virtual Reality

Bhuvaneswari Sarupuri, Miriam Luque Chipana, and Robert W. Lindeman

(University of Canterbury, New Zealand)

Turn Physically Curved Paths into Virtual Curved Paths

Keigo Matsumoto, Takuji Narumi, Yuki Ban, Tomohiro Tanikawa, and Michitaka Hirose

(University of Tokyo, Japan)

Uni-CAVE: A Unity3D Plugin for Non-head Mounted VR Display Systems

Ross Tredinnick, Brady Boettcher, Simon Smith, Samuel Solovy, and Kevin Ponto

(University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)

Upright Adjustment of 360 Spherical Panoramas

Jinwoong Jung, Joon-Young Lee, Byungmoon Kim, and Seungyong Lee

(POSTECH, South Korea; Adobe Research, USA)

User Experience Evaluation with Archaeometry Interactive Tools in Virtual Reality Environment

Ana Grasielle Corrêa, Eduardo Zilles Borba, Roseli Lopes, Marcelo Knorich Zuffo, Astolfo Araujo, and Regis Kopper

(University of São Paulo, Brazil; Duke University, USA)

Using Augmented Reality to Improve Dismounted Operators' Situation Awareness

William Losina Brandão and Márcio Sarroglia Pinho

(PUCRS, Brazil)

Vibrotactile Assistance for User Guidance Towards Selection Targets in VR and the Cognitive Resources Involved

Oscar J. Ariza N., Markus Lange, Frank Steinicke, and Gerd Bruder

(University of Hamburg, Germany; University of Würzburg, Germany; University of Central Florida, USA)

View-Aware Tile-Based Adaptations in 360 Virtual Reality Video Streaming

Mohammad Hosseini

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)

Virginia Tech's Study Hall: A Virtual Method of Loci Mnemotechnic Study using a Neurologically-Based, Mechanism-Driven, Approach to Immersive Learning Research

Jessie Mann, Nicholas Polys, Rachel Diana, Manasa Ananth, Brad Herald, and Sweetuben Platel

(Virginia Tech, USA)

Virtual Field Trips with Networked Depth-Camera-Based Teacher, Heterogeneous Displays, and Example Energy Center Application

Jason W. Woodworth, Sam Ekong, and Christoph W. Borst

(University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA)

Virtual Reality Based Training: Evaluation of User Performance by Capturing Upper Limb Motion

Ehsan Zahedi, Hadi Rahmat-Khah, Javad Dargahi, and Mehrdad Zadeh

(Concordia University, Canada; Kettering University, USA)

Virtual Reality to Save Endangered Animals: Many Eyes on the Wild

June Kim and Tomasz Bednarz

(UNSW, Australia; Queensland University of Technology, Australia; Data61 at CSIRO, Australia)

Virtual Zero Gravity Impact on Internal Gravity Model

Thibault Porssut, Henrique G. Debarba, Elisa Canzoneri, Bruno Herbelin, and Ronan Boulic

(EPFL, Switzerland)

Visual Cues to Aid 3D Pointing in a Virtual Mirror

Jason W. Woodworth and Christoph W. Borst

(University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA)

VizSpace: Interaction in the Positive Parallax Screen Plane

Oyewole Oyekoya, Emily Sassard, and Tiana Johnson

(Clemson University, USA)

VRAIN: Virtual Reality Assisted Intervention for Neuroimaging

Dominique Duncan, Bradley Newman, Adam Saslow, Emily Wanserski, Tyler Ard, Ryan Essex, and Arthur Toga

(University of Southern California, USA; RareFaction Interactive, USA)

VROnSite: Towards Immersive Training of First Responder Squad Leaders in Untethered Virtual Reality

Annette Mossel, Mario Froeschl, Christian Schoenauer, Andreas Peer, Johannes Goellner, and Hannes Kaufmann

(Vienna University of Technology, Austria; M2DMasterMind Development, Austria)

VRRobot: Robot Actuated Props in an Infinite Virtual Environment

Emanuel Vonach, Clemens Gatterer, and Hannes Kaufmann

(Vienna University of Technology, Austria)

Watchcasting: Freehand 3D Interaction with Off-the-Shelf Smartwatch

Krzysztof Pietroszek, Liudmila Tahai, James R. Wallace, and Edward Lank

(California State University at Monterey Bay, USA; University of Waterloo, Canada)

Wearable Tactile Device using Mechanical and Electrical Stimulation for Fingertip Interaction with Virtual World

Vibol Yem and Hiroyuki Kajimoto

(University of Electro-Communications, Japan)

WebVR Meets WebRTC: Towards 360-Degree Social VR Experiences

Simon Gunkel, Martin Prins, Hans Stokking, and Omar Niamut

(TNO, Netherlands)

Wide Field Of View Varifocal Near-Eye Display Using See-Through Deformable Membrane Mirrors

David Dunn, Cary Tippets, Kent Torell, Petr Kellnhofer, Kaan Akşit, Piotr Didyk, Karol Myszkowski, David Luebke, and Henry Fuchs

(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA; Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Germany; Nvidia, USA; Saarland University, Germany)