VRST is 25th one of the hottest annual international forum focusing on

VR/AR/MR software and technologies organized by ACM SIGCHI and

SIGGRAPH. Every year, more than 200 attendees come together from all

over the world to give single track oral presentation, poster and demo

presentation, and sponsors’ demonstration and exhibition. Last year, 185

papers are submitted, 41 papers, 40 posters and 19 demos are accepted.

17 companies joined to VRST 2017 as sponsors.

Conference topic covers wide variety of area as follows.VR/AR/MR(=XR) technology and devicesAdvanced display technologies and immersive projection technologiesLow-latency and high-performance XRMulti-user and distributed XRXR software infrastructuresXR authoring systemsHuman Interaction and Collaborative techniques for XRInput devices for XRTracking and sensingMultisensory and multimodal system for XRHaptics, Smell and TasteAudio and music processing for XRBrain-computer interfacesComputer graphics techniques for XRComputer vision techniques for XR

Modeling and simulationReal-time renderingReal-time physics-based modelingAvatars and virtual humans in XRTele-operation and telepresencePerformance testing & evaluationMulti-user and distributed XRLocomotion and navigation in virtual environmentsPerception, presence, virtual embodiment, and cognitionTeleoperation and telepresenceEthical issues in XRPhysically based rendering for XRComputer animation for XRSound synthesis for XRXR for fabricationXR applications (e.g. training systems, medical systems, serious games...)

What is VRST?

Record of VRST 2009 held in Kyoto.

Africa Centre for Economic Integration ccAvatar Reality Inc.Bauhaus-Universitat WeimarCEACEA LISTColumbia UniversityDepartment of Electrical Engineering, GhangGung UniversityElectronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteElectronics of Communations Eng. KangwonNational Univ.EPFLETRIGraduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyGraz University of TechnologyHosei UniversityHuman-Computer Interaction Lab, University of Udineim.ve, University of HamburgINRIA Nord-Europe - University of LilleINRIA Nord-Europe - University of LilleInstitute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of SciencesInstitute of Computing Technology, Chinese

Academy of SciencesInstitute of Software, Chinese Academy of SciencesKangwon National UniversityKansai UniversityKeio UniversityKonan UniversityKorea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyKyoto Institute of TechnologyKyoto UniversityLEPSIS - Perception, Simulators and Simulations Laboratory, FranceLSIIT --CNRS UMR 7005 --LSIIT, Strasbourg University, FranceMines ParisTechMIRALab, University of GenevaNagoya Institute of TechnologyNippon Telephone and Telegraph Corp. / The Univ. of TokyoOsaka Electro-Communication UniversityOsaka Institute of TechnologyOsaka UniversityPhD Student at INRIA and OrangeLabs, Rennes, FrancePohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)Pusan National UniversityRWTH Aachen UniversityRyukoku UniversitySamsung R&DStudent of Kangwon National Univ.

Affiliation of attendees

System AdministratorThe City College of New YorkThe University of TokyoThomson Cooperate Research BeijingTokyo University, JapanTOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYUC Santa BarbaraUCLM - University of Castilla-La ManchaUniversidad de los AndesUniversitat Politecnica de CatalunyaUniversity College LondonUniversity of ArkansasUniversity of Calgary, JST ERATO Design Interface ProjectUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraUniversity of ColoradoUniversity of DenverUniversity of Electro-CommunicationsUniversity of GenevaUniversity of Lille/CNRS, INRIAUniversity of MacauUniversity of Macau & IOS, Academia SinicaUniversity of MinnesotaUniversity of MunsterUniversity of New South WalesUniversity of New South Wales, Sydney, AustraliaUniversity of South AustraliaVisualization and Computer Graphics, WWU Munster, GermanyWorcester Polytechnic InstituteYork University

VRST2018 in TokyoDate：November 28, 2018～December 1, 2018Vanue: Waseda International Conference Center

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VRST2018 Chairs

Steering Committee ChairYoshifumi Kitamura(Tohoku University)

Symposium General chairShigeo MorishimaWaseda University

Program ChairsTakaaki Shiratori(Facebook)

Program ChairsYuichi Itoh (Osaka Univ.)

Local Arrangements ChairAccessibility ChairHiroyuki Kubo (NAIST)

Program ChairsYonghao Yue (University of Tokyo)

Local Arrangements ChairKaisei Sakurai (Dwango)

Publication ChairStephen N. Spencer(University of Washington)

VRST2018 Chairs

Demo & Poster ChairsTakashi Ijiri (Shibaura Kodai)

Demo & Poster ChairsHideki Todo (Chuo Gakuin-U)

Demo & Poster ChairsHideki Koike (TITECH)

TreasurerTatsuya Yatagawa(Waseda University)

Sponsorship ChairTakako Shinohara (CG-ARTS)

Publicity ChairsAkemi Kamimura (MAX Co.)

Industry Liaison ChairsSavkin Pavel (FOVE)

International Liaison ChairsTaku Komura (University of Edinburgh)

International Liaison ChairsMorten Fjeld (ChalmersUniversity of Technology

International Liaison ChairsDaisuke Sakamoto (Hokkaido University)

International Liaison ChairsSung-Hee Lee (KAIST)

Demo & Poster ChairsHubert Shum（Northumbria University）

VRST2018 SponsorsCall for sponsorship as three categories: platinum, gold and silver. The detail is listed as follows.

Categories Free

Registration

Logo

Display*1

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Presentation

Booth

Size

Award Short

Talk

Platinum 5,000USD 5 Big size 2 mins 5m×3m

1F

Yes Possible

15 mins

Gold 3,000USD 3 Middle size 1 mins 3m×2m

1F

- -

Silver 1,000USD 1 Small size 0 mins 2m×1.5m

3F

- -

※In the exhibition booth, it is possible to use desk and chairs.*1 Logo Distribution - strap - printed program - conference bag – map - souvenir

Platinum Logos

Silver Logos

Gold LogosRegistration FeeEarly Bird： Member: 600USD Non-member: 700USD Student: 250USD Retire: 400USDLate : Member: 700USD Non-member: 800USD Student: 250USD Retire: 450USD

Example of Logos style Conference venue

VRST2018 Sponsor Exhibition booth

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SS

1m

1m

茶室

1m

1m

1m

Poster&demo

Poster&

demo

Drink&

Lunch

Aural&FF

Epic

1m×1m PG

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Platinum 5*3Gold 3*2Silver 2*1.5