Call for Papers for HAPTEX\'07
VR Workshop On Haptic and Tactile Perception of Deformable Objects

24 October 2007 - Leibnizhaus Hannover, Germany
Web Page: http://www.gdv.uni-hannover.de/hcw07

HAPTEX - \"HAPtic sensing of virtual TEXtiles\" - is a research project
funded under the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Programme of
the European Union (FP6/IST).

Within the framework of this project, the Division of Computer Graphics
of the Leibniz Universität Hannover (Welfenlab) organizes a workshop
on haptic and tactile perception. This year it is held together with the
Cyberworlds 2007 International Conference. A second workshop on this
conference will focus on \"New Advances in Shape Analysis and Geometric
Modeling\".

Topics of Interest

- Human-Computer Interaction
- Simulating the touch, the hearing and the vision in virtual worlds
- Multimodal interaction system for presenting deformable materials
- Presenting haptic feedback in multimodal interaction
- Hardware for haptic/tactile interaction in virtual worlds
- Haptic/tactile rendering
- Modeling dynamics of deformable objects for haptic/tactile feedback
- Dynamic simulation of soft tissues/deformable objects including
 textiles
- Perception of material using haptic feedback
- Applications of haptic/tactile interfaces for soft/deformable
 objects

All accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings. The best
papers will be published in a special issue of \"The Visual Computer\".

All submissions will be peer reviewed. Papers in English containing
original and unpublished results are solicited.

To find out more on the HAPTEX\'07 submission details, see

http://www.gdv.uni-hannover.de/events/hcw07/papers/call_for_papers_haptex_2007/index.php

For more information about the HAPTEX project, please see:
  http://haptex.miralab.unige.ch

Important Dates:

Paper Due               1 May 2007
Notice of Acceptance    4 June 2007
Registration            15 July 2007
Camera Ready            2 August 2007
Cyberworlds Conference  24-27 October 2007

Program and Workshop Co-Chairs HAPTEX\'07
Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, University of Geneva
Franz-Erich Wolter, Leibniz Universität Hannover