Workshop Programme

Monday 27 March 2000

10:00		*Welcome & Introduction*
10:10	Frank Biocca (Invited Speaker) M.I.N.D.Labs, Michigan State University, USA	Connecting the body to the telecommunication system: Embodied Computing and Presence
11:00		*Coffee*
		Concept and Measurement
11:20	Jonathan Freeman, Wijnand IJsselsteijn & Jane Lessiter Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK IPO, Center for User-System Interaction, The Netherlands	The Presence Construct: Issues in its Measurement
11:40	Matthew Lombard, Theresa Ditton, Daliza Crane, Bill Davis, Gisela Gil-Egui, Karl Horvath & Jessica Rossman Temple University, USA Villanova University, USA	Measuring Presence: A Literature-Based Approach to the Development of a Standardized Paper-and-Pencil Instrument
12:00	Jane Lessiter, Jonathan Freeman, Ed Keogh, & Jules Davidoff Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK	Development of a New Cross-Media Presence Questionnaire: The ITC-Sense of Presence Inventory
12:20		*Lunch* + guided tour of the exhibition 'Dutch Computer Pioneers' at the Techniek Museum. English speaking guides will be present.
13:50	Thomas Schubert, Holger Regenbrecht & Frank Friedman University of Jena, Germany Virtual Reality Competence Center, Germany igroup.org, Germany	Real and Illusory Interaction Enhance Presence in Virtual Environments
14:10	Mike Meehan University of North Carolina, USA	An Objective Surrogate for Presence: Physiological Response
14:30	Cath Dillon, Ed Keogh, Jonathan Freeman & Jules Davidoff Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK	Aroused and Immersed: The Psychophysiology of Presence
14:50	Wijnand IJsselsteijn, Jonathan Freeman, Huib de Ridder, Steve Avons & Don Pearson IPO, Center for User-System Interaction, The Netherlands Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK TU Delft, The Netherlands University of Essex, UK	Towards an Objective Corroborative Measure of Presence: Postural Responses to Moving Video
15:10		*Tea*
		Presence, Media and the 'Real' World
15:30	Tim Marsh & Peter Wright University of York, UK	Maintaining the Illusion of Interacting Within a 3D Virtual Space
15:50	Josef Wideström, Pia Muchin & Henrik Ahlberg Chalmers Medialab, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden	The Pelvis as Physical Centre in Virtual Environments
16:10	Ianus Keller, Pieter Jan Stappers & Jorrit Adriaanse TU Delft, The Netherlands SARA, The Netherlands	Presence for design: Creating an atmosphere with video collages
16:30	Tom Coffin NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA	Real spaces to create virtual presence
16:50		*Open Discussion*
~17:30		*End of Day Programme*
		Evening Programme
18:30		*Bus @ Techniek Museum* to take you to Sapphire in Den Haag
19:00		*Cocktail Reception* sponsored by ITC, SONY and BT
20:00		*Workshop Dinner* sponsored by ITC, SONY and BT
~22:00	Nick Lodge (Invited Speaker) Independent Television Commission (ITC), UK	What can we Learn from the Cinema of the 1950's?

Tuesday 28 March 2000

9:00	Roy Kalawsky (Invited Speaker) Advanced VR Research Centre, Loughborough University, UK	The Validity of Presence as a Reliable Human Performance Metric in Immersive Environments
9:50		*Coffee*
		Sharing Presence
10:10	Stefan Rauthenberg, Peter Kauff & Andreas Graffunder Heinrich-Hertz-Institute (HHI), Germany T-Nova Deutsche Telekom Innovationsgesellschaft GmbH, Germany	The Virtual Meeting Room: A Realtime Implementation of a Shared Virtual Environment System Using Today's Consumer Technology in Connection with the MPEG-4 Standard
10:30	Edward Cooke, Michael Karl, Peter Kauff & Oliver Schreer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute(HHI), Germany	Realtime View Adaptation of Video Objects in 3-Dimensional Virtual Environments
10:50	John Stone & Morgan David SONY Broadcasting and Professional, UK	VIRTUE - High realism telepresence conferencing
11:10		*Walk to Dept. of Industrial Design, Delft University of Technology*
~11:30		Demonstration Session @ DID TRI (Pieter-Jan Stappers, Ianus Keller) Transparent Visual Presentation: Image Information and Ambiguity (Faye Oosterhoff & Huib de Ridder) Presence in Orthostereoscopic Images (Bernie Harper) Shared VE System (Peter Kauff, Edward Cooke) Distance (Tina LaPorta)
12:30		*Lunch @ TUD*
		Sharing Presence (continued)
14:00	James Anderson, Nahella Ashraf, Craig Douther & Mervyn Jack CCIR, University of Edinburgh, UK	A Participatory Design Study of User Requirements for a Shared Virtual Meeting Space
14:20	Martin Kaltenbrunner & Avon Huxor FH Hagenberg, Austria Centre for Electronic Arts, Middlesex University, UK	Multiple Presence through Auditory Bots in Virtual Environments
14:40	Paul de Greef & Wijnand IJsselsteijn IPO, Center for User-System Interaction, The Netherlands	Social Presence in the PhotoShare Tele-Application
15:00	Ann-Sofie Axelsson, Åsa Abelin, Ilona Heldal, Ralph Schroeder, & Josef Wideström Department of Technology and Society, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden SSKKII and Department of Linguistics, Göteborg University, Sweden Chalmers Medialab, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden	Cubes in the Cube: A Comparison of a Puzzle-solving Task in a Virtual and a Real Environment
15:20	Daniela Romano & Paul Brna University of Leeds, UK	ACTIVE World: Manipulating Time and Point of View to Promote a Sense of Presence in a Collaborative Virtual Environment for Training in Emergency Situations
15:40		*Tea*
		Presence and Learning
16:00	Katerina Mania & Alan Chalmers University of Bristol, UK	A User-Centered Methodology for Investigating Presence and Task Performance
16:20	Eva Lindh Waterworth & John A. Waterworth Umeå University, Sweden	Using a Telescope in the Cave: Presence and Absence in Educational VR
16:40	Denise Whitelock & Anne Jelfs Open University, UK	Vulnerable Viewers of Valid Vistas? Assessing Student Performance when the Perception of Presence is Increased in a Virtual Learning Environment
17:00		*Open Discussion*
~17:30		*Workshop Close*

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