Keynote speech : Dream of International Virtual Heritage and Health Science Networks
Takeo Ojika
(Institute of Dream System Development, VSMM vice president, Japan)
 Banquet speech : Toward the Innovative Collaboration between Art and Science
Itsuo Sakane (IAMAS, Japan)

 Invited speech 1: Media, Interactivity and Art
 Masaki Fujihata
(Tokyo National Univ. of Fine Arts and Music, Japan)

 Invited speech 2: VR Technology and Museum Exhibits
Michitaka Hirose (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)

 Invited speech 3: LIFEPLUS:Revival of life in ancient Pompeii,
Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann(University of Geneva)




 Special session 1Robotherapy-I: exploring technological tools for
psychological treatments
- Chair: prof. Alexander Libin (Georgetown Univ. USA)

 Special session 2: The Great Buddha Project: Modeling cultural heritage
 objects through observation for virtual reality applications
Katsushi Ikeuchi (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)



Title:" Bringing to life cultural heritage through 3D immersive visualization"
Time: 15:00 ~ 16:00, 26 SEP 2002
Speaker: SGI Korea


 

25 September (Wednesday)

26 September (Thursday)

27 September (Friday)

08:00~08:40 Registration

Registration

Registration
08:40~09:00

VSMM 2002 Opening Ceremony

Room #

 

PINE

A

B

C

PINE

A

B

C

 

PINE

A

B

C

 

09:00~09:50

09:00~12:00

T1:
Virtual
Heritage

T2:
VR Display
Technology

T3:
Virtual
Surgery

W1

Keynote speech

Invited speech 3

09:50~10:00

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

10:00~11:20

VH1

VT1

W2

W3

EXB

VH2

VT2

W4

W5

EXB

11:20~11:30

Break

Break

11:30~12:50

Lunch (12:00~13:30)

MC1

SS1

W2

W3

EXB

VM

VT3

W4

X5

EXB

12:50~14:00

13:30~16:30

T4:
advanced
in the
application
fo virtual
environments
for mental
healthcare

T5:
Which
comes
first in
the 21st
century:
~~~~~?

T6
:Modeling
and
simulation
of virtual
clothing

W1

Lunch

Lunch

14:00~14:50

Invited speech 2

14:00~15:20

MC2

VT4

W4

EXB

14:50~15:00

Coffee Break

15:00~16:40

 

P1

W2

SS2(15:00~17:00)

EXB

Coffee Break (15:20~15:30)

16:40~16:50

Coffee Break(16:30~17:00)

Break

15:30~16:50

 

VT5

W4

EXB

17:00~18:00

Invited speech 1

 

P2

W2

EXB

Closing & Award Ceremony

18:00~19:00

Media Art & Technology Exhibition Opening Ceremony/"Welcome Reception and Christie Demonstration" hosted by Christie Digital Systems Korea Media Tech

Banquet/ Banquet speech(18:40~20:30)

VR Theater Tour, Gyeongju Cultural EXPO (18:00~)


* T(Tutorials), W(Workshop), VH(Virtual Heritage), VT(VR&Media Technology), MC(Media Art and Creative Technology), VM(Virtual Medicine and Health Science), SS(Special Session)



  Tutorial 1
Virtual Heritage: Museum and Heritage Applications of Digital 3D Imaging
Lecturers: J-Angelo Beraldin, Guy Godin, John Taylor, Sabry F. El-Hakim, Francois Blais and Marc Rioux (Visual Information Technology Group, National Research Council of Canada)

  Tutorial 2
VR Display technology
Lecturers: Ryugo Kijima (Associate Prof. Gifu Univ., Japan), Toshio Yamada, Reseacher, MVL, Gifu, Japan (in plan), Tomohiko Hattori, SeaPhone Co. Ltd., Japan (in plan)

  Tutorial 3
Virtual Surgery
Lecturer: Dr. Wolfgang Mueller-Wittig
Director of the Center for Advanced Media Technology (CAMTech), Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics (Fraunhofer-IGD) / Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

  Tutorial 4
Advances in the Application of Virtual Environments for Mental Healthcare
Lecturer: Albert ˇ°Skipˇ± Rizzo, (Prof. Integrated Media Systems Center, Univ. of Southern California)

  Tutorial 5
Which Comes First in the 21st Century: ART, TECHNOLOGY or ESTHETICS?
Lecturer: James Oliverio (Prof. and Director 0f Digital Worlds Institute, University of Florida)

  Tutorial 6
Modeling and Simulation of Virtual Clothing
Lecturer: Dr. Nadia Thalmann (MIRALAB, University of Geneva, Switzerland)





  Workshop 1: Sept. 25 09:00-16:30
Storytelling in Virtual Environments
- Edutainment in Digital Heritage Exchange (DHX) Scenarios workshop
Organizer: Dr. Martin Goebel, Chief coordinator,
Fraunhofer Institute for Media Communication, Germany

  Workshop 2: Sept. 26 10:00-18:30
Tangible Space Initiative (TSI) workshop
Organizer: Dr. Sehyung Park, Director of Systems Technology Department
Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea

  Workshop 3: Sept. 26 10:00-12:50
3D GIS and Visualization for Archaeology workshop
Organizer: Dr. Maurizio Forte
CNR-Institute of Technologies Applied to Cultural Heritage (ITABC),
Italy

  Workshop 4: Sept. 27 10:00-16:50
Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI) workshop
Organizer: Prof. Lewis Lancaster
Univ. of California, Berkeley, USA

  Workshop 5: Sept. 27 10:00-12:50
Advanced Media Arts and Sciences workshop
Organizer: Prof. Noriho Takahashi
Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Science (IAMAS), Japan






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



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