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<p>Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality (XR) Technology for
Multi-Domain Operations <br>
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<p>Conference Dates and Location: 26-30 April 2020, Anaheim,
California, USA<br>
Call for Abstracts, due 16 October 2019 <br>
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<p>Chair: Mark Dennison, U.S. Army Research Lab, USA<br>
Co-Chair: David M. Krum, The Univ. of Southern California, USA<br>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">We are excited to announce the new 2020 SPIE
Defense
& Commercial Sensing (DCS) Conference on “<span
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold">Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality (XR) Technology for
Multi-Domain
Operations</span>” to be held at the Anaheim Convention Center,
Anaheim, CA,
USA, 26-30 April 2020.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Please
mark your
calendar!</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">The CALL FOR ABSTRACT (CFA) for the SI225
Conference on “<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Virtual,
Augmented, and Mixed Reality (XR)
Technology for Multi-Domain Operations</span>” is at the
following
link: <a href="https://spie.org/si225">https://spie.org/si225</a>.
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Knowing your professional
activities and
research interests in related technical areas, we encourage you to
consider
submitting abstracts to this conference and feel free to forward
this CFA
information to others who may be interested. Note that the initial
ABSTRACT DUE
DATE is 16 October 2019.</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">The SI225 Conference focuses on how virtual,
augmented,
and mixed reality will be used in future Multi Domain Operations
(MDO). <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">XR has recently
experienced explosive
technological growth in both hardware and software solutions,
making the
bleeding edge a moving target. Despite this, a significant
divide exists
between industry goals and understanding of military
requirements.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>As the
literature on immersive analytics is
in its infancy, it necessitates XR experts to collectively pave
the roadmap for
future essential research topics.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Therefore, the primary goal of this conference is to (1)
spark
discussion of current and future challenges for integrating XR
systems into
combat operations and (2) highlight collaborative R&D
activities in XR
technologies that support Multi-Domain Operations applications.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold">The topics for this conference include, but are not
limited to:</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Multi-domain data visualization: modeling
and
simulation, software architecture, toolkits, engineering, computer
graphics</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Human-agent teaming: embodied agents,
virtual
humans, asset control</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Training and simulation: realistic
virtual
environments, user studies, teleoperations, mission rehearsal and
debriefing</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">
</span></span></span>User experience and multi-sensory
integration:
perception and cognition, physiological responses, motion
sickness,
telepresence, multi-user interaction</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Inputs and interaction: locomotion and
haptics,
input and interface techniques</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Networking and interoperability:
distributed and
local systems, multi-user synchronization, sensor and data I/O,
constrained and
ad-hoc mobile networks, edge computing</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"
style="text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Enabling AR/VR/MR technologies: hardware,
software, security, AI/ML, …</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Important Dates: <br>
</span></b><span
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Due Date: <span style="color:black;background:white">16 October
2019</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
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Notification: <span style="color:black;background:white">20
December 2019</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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Due Date: <span style="color:black;background:white">1 April
2020</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">We
look forward
to your participation in April 2020.</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Kind
regards,</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">-Mark
Dennison</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Chair
of SI225
Conference</span></p>
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