In the spirit of developing innovative virtual reality and multimedia technologies and applying it to advance and enrich our lives, VSMM2002 will run under the theme of "Creative Digital Culture", not only looking for innovations in the technology itself, but also exploring novel ways to transfer and express information and artistic ideas to people. VSMM2002 will be held in Gyeongju, the capital of the ancient Shilla Kingdom, rich with 1000 year long culture and tradition, and the site of one of the UNESCO designated World Heritages. We are soliciting papers with special emphasis on the five areas of: Virtual Heritage, Media Art and Creative Technology, Media and VR Technology, Wireless Life and Culture, and Virtual Medicine/Health Science. VSMM2002 will run technical sessions in the respective areas with a lineup of plenary sessions, invited talks, tutorials, panels, workshops and media art and creative technology exhibition. Papers related to the following topics (but are not limited to) are specially solicited, however, any paper dealing with pioneered significant development in virtual reality and multimedia is also encouraged. Proposals for tutorials, panels, and workshops related to the above five areas are also sought. 3D acquistion and new imaging techniques Restoration and preservation Immersive environment Design and evaluation Tools and systems Large scale terrain modeling Geo-temporal 3D databases Remote sensing and GIS for culture Museum applications Kiosks and site explanations Case studies for virtual heritage Real-time interactive and immersive systems Museum art and exhibitions Wireless art Nonlinear scripting Networked experiences Site-specific installations Interactive media Experimental art forms Augmented reality/mixed reality Communication and collaboration Multimodal human interface Image based modeling and rendering Visual display Haptics Telepresence Wearable computing Human factors 3D virtual design and prototyping Human performance in virtual environments Web3D in architectural design Case studies Location based entertainment Wireless interaction technology Portable 3D/game engines Wireless display technology Different types of mobile computing Social issues in wireless communities Telemedicine and telesurgery Virtual surgery Surgical robotics using VR Virtual hospitals Web-based surgical training Visualization and modeling Information-guided surgery Medical education tools VR and Mental Health/Rehabilitation Case studies Papers should describe original and unpublished work about the above or closely related topics. Authors should submit a manuscript electronically as a PDF file. The paper should not exceed 10 pages single spaced in length including images, figures, tables and references. The paper should also include the title of the paper, authors names, affiliations, postal addresses, e-mail addresses and the contact person for the paper. If submission exceeds 4 Mb, please compress paper using Winzip. Submit a proposal that describes what you plan to discuss. The proposal should include the topic, the importance of the topic to the VSMM 2002 attendees, originality and a brief position statement. The proposal should be around 3 pages single spaced in length and submitted electronically. Be sure to include the contact persons, affiliations, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses. Submit a proposal that describes what you plan to teach or workshop. The proposal must include a description of the objectives, experience level and prerequisites of the intended audience, about 200-word abstract, outline of the content and the instructor's vita. Be sure to include the contact persons, affiliations, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses. Proposal should be around 3 pages single spaced in length and submitted electronically. Manuscript and proposal submission: June 30, 2002 Notification of acceptance: July 25, 2002 Camera ready paper: August 20, 2002 vsmm2002@vsmm.org All inquiries about the submission of the paper and panel, tutorial, workshop proposals should be made to Prof. Hyun S. Yang Dept. of Computer Science KAIST 373-1 Kusung-dong Yusung-ku Daejon, Korea 305-701 vsmm2002@vsmm.org or hsyang@cs.kaist.ac.kr tel: +82-42-869-3527 fax: +82-42-867-3567