What is VRST?
VRST is 25th one of the hottest annual international forum focusing on
VR/AR/MR software and technologies organized by ACM SIGCHI andSIGGRAPH. Every year, more than 200 attendees come together from allover the world to give single track oral presentation, poster and demopresentation, 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 devices
Advanced display technologies and immersive
projection technologies
Low-latency and high-performance XRMulti-user and distributed XR
XR software infrastructures
XR authoring systems
Human Interaction and Collaborativetechniques for XR
Input devices for XR
Tracking and sensing
Multisensory and multimodal system for XR
Haptics, Smell and Taste
Audio and music processing for XR
Brain-computer interfaces
Computer graphics techniques for XR
Computer vision techniques for XR

Modeling and simulation
Real-time rendering
Real-time physics-based modeling
Avatars and virtual humans in XR
Tele-operation and telepresence
Performance testing & evaluation
Multi-user and distributed XR
Locomotion and navigation in virtual environments
Perception, presence, virtual embodiment, and cognition
Teleoperation and telepresence
Ethical issues in XR
Physically based rendering for XR
Computer animation for XR
Sound synthesis for XR
XR for fabrication
XR applications (e.g. training systems, medical systems, serious games...)Affiliation of attendees
Record of VRST 2009 held in Kyoto.
Africa Centre for Economic Integration cc
Avatar Reality Inc.
Bauhaus-Universitat Weimar
CEA
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Columbia University
Department of Electrical Engineering, GhangGung University
Electronics and Telecommunications ResearchInstitute
Electronics of Communations Eng. Kangwon
National Univ.
EPFLETRI
Graduate School of Information Science, Nara
Institute of Science and Technology
Graz University of Technology
Hosei University
Human-Computer Interaction Lab, Universityof Udine
im.ve, University of Hamburg
INRIA Nord-Europe - University of Lille
INRIA Nord-Europe - University of Lille
Institute of Computing Technology of theChinese Academy of Sciences
Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese

Academy of Sciences
Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kangwon National University
Kansai University
Keio University
Konan University
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Kyoto Institute of Technology
Kyoto University
LEPSIS - Perception, Simulators and Simulations Laboratory, FranceLSIIT --CNRS UMR 7005 -LSIIT, Strasbourg University, France
Mines ParisTech
MIRALab, University of Geneva
Nagoya Institute of Technology
Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Corp. / The Univ. of Tokyo
Osaka Electro-Communication University
Osaka Institute of Technology
Osaka University
PhD Student at INRIA and OrangeLabs, Rennes, France
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
Pusan National University
RWTH Aachen University
Ryukoku University
Samsung R&D
Student of Kangwon National Univ.

System Administrator
The City College of New YorkThe University of Tokyo
Thomson Cooperate Research Beijing
Tokyo University, Japan
TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYUC Santa Barbara
UCLM - University of Castilla-La Mancha
Universidad de los Andes
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
University College London
University of Arkansas
University of Calgary, JST ERATO Design Interface Project
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Colorado
University of Denver
University of Electro-Communications
University of Geneva
University of Lille/CNRS, INRIA
University of Macau
University of Macau & IOS, Academia Sinica
University of Minnesota
University of Munster
University of New South Wales
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
University of South Australia
Visualization and Computer Graphics, WWU Munster, Germany
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteYork UniversityVRST2018 in Tokyo
Date：November 28, 2018～December 1, 2018
Vanue: Waseda International Conference Center：早稲田大学 国際会議場 井深大記念ホール

VRST2018 Chairs

Steering Committee Chair
Yoshifumi Kitamura(Tohoku University)

Program Chairs
Takaaki Shiratori(Facebook)

Program Chairs
Yuichi Itoh (Osaka Univ.)

Program Chairs
Yonghao Yue(University of Tokyo)

Symposium General chair
Shigeo Morishima
Waseda University

Local Arrangements Chair
Kaisei Sakurai (Dwango)

Local Arrangements Chair
Accessibility Chair
Hiroyuki Kubo (NAIST)

Publication Chair
Stephen N. Spencer(University of Washington)

VRST2018 Chairs

Demo & Poster Chairs
Takashi Ijiri (Shibaura Kodai)

Demo & Poster Chairs
Hideki Todo (Chuo Gakuin-U)

Demo & Poster Chairs
Hideki Koike (TITECH)

Treasurer
Tatsuya Yatagawa(Waseda University)

Sponsorship Chair
Takako Shinohara (CG-ARTS)

Publicity Chairs
Akemi Kamimura (MAX Co.)

Industry Liaison Chairs
Savkin Pavel (FOVE)International Liaison Chairs
Taku Komura(University of Edinburgh)International Liaison Chairs
Morten Fjeld (Chalmers
University of Technology

International Liaison Chairs
Daisuke Sakamoto(Hokkaido University)

International Liaison ChairsSung-Hee Lee (KAIST)

Demo & Poster Chairs
Hubert Shum（Northumbria University）

VRST2018 Sponsors
Call for sponsorship as three categories: platinum, goldand silver. The detail is listed as follows.
Categories

Platinum

5,000USDFree

Logo

Short

BoothRegistration

Display*1

Presentation

Size5Big size

2 mins

5m×3m

AwardTalk

Yes

1FGold3,000USD

3Middle size

1 mins

3m×2m

Short

Platinum Logos

Possible
15 mins----

1F
Silver1,000USD

1Small size

0 mins2m×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
Registration Fee
Early Bird： Member: 600USD Non-member: 700USD Student: 250USD Retire: 400USD
Late :Member: 700USD Non-member: 800USD Student: 250USD Retire: 450USD

Gold Logos
Silver Logos

Example of Logos styleConference venue

VRST2018 Sponsor Exhibition booth
Drink&Lunch

Poster&demo

茶室SSSS

Aural&
FF

1m

1m
1m
1m

Poster&
demo

Epic

1m×1m

P1m

GS

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