The WUW – SVR2021 invites undergraduates and recent graduates to submit original works with final or partial results of scientific or technological research in the areas of virtual, augmented or mixed reality. The workshop is part of the 23rd edition of the Symposium on Virtual and Augmented Reality (SVR). It is the 5th edition of the WUW.

The Symposium on Virtual and Augmented Reality (SVR) is the premier conference on Virtual and Augmented Reality in Brazil. Traditionally sponsored by the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC); SVR is in its 23rd edition and has established itself as an international scientific forum for the exchange of experience and knowledge among researchers, professionals, practitioners, students and developers concerned with research and development of human-computer interfaces focused on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Realities.

Due to the evolution of the Coronavirus pandemic, SVR 2021 will be entirely a virtual event in October 2021, 18th-21st .

Topics of Interest

• VR/AR/MR/360 Video systems, frameworks and toolkits
• 3D interaction
• Input devices for VR/AR/MR
• Machine learning for VR/AR/MR
• Haptics, audio, and other non-visual interfaces
• User studies and evaluation
• Tracking and sensing
• Computer graphics techniques for VR/AR/MR/360 Video
• Immersive gaming / serious games
• Storytelling in immersive environments
• Virtual humans and avatars
• Advanced display technology
• Immersive projection technology
• Multi-user and distributed VR/AR/MR
• Perception, presence, and cognition in VR/AR/MR
• Teleoperation and telepresence
• Social, economic, and technical impacts of VR/AR/MR
• Immersive environments evaluation
• Rendering techniques
• Advanced technologies for optical display
• Modeling and Simulation
• Hardware graphics acceleration

WUW Submission Instructions

Papers submitted to WUW – SVR2021 must have between 3 and 5 pages, including figures, tables, references, acknowledgments, etc. Some additional aspects must be observed:

• Papers may be written in English or Portuguese (in this case, abstracts and titles in English and Portuguese must be included), and they must be in PDF format;
• The format must follow the ACM SIG Proceedings template. Among the various ACM paper templates, make sure that you use the “SigConf” version, i.e., use “sample-sigconf.tex” if you use LaTeX, and “Interim layout.docx” if you use MS Word for preparing your manuscript. The ACM LaTeX template is also available on Overleaf platform.
• Author must submit the form  [WTD-FORM]
• Authors’ names and affiliations should be removed from the submitted manuscript, which must be anonymized to guarantee a blind review. 
• The undergraduate student or recent graduate must be the first author. Supervisors and co-supervisors must also be authors of the paper. At least one supervisor or co-supervisor is necessary for the paper to be considered for review;
• Papers selection will be carried out from the review by members of the Program Committee. Each proposal will be analyzed by at least two reviewers;
• Submissions must be made using the JEMS system through “SVR2021 – WUW” (Click here to go to the submission website).

Publication Requirements

The accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of the WUW – SVR2021. At least one of the authors must register in the symposium for the paper to be included in the proceedings (Each paper must have one registered author with an Other Track Paper Registration Fee). The accepted works must be presented during the workshop by the undergraduate (or recently graduate) student.

Camera-ready submissions

It is necessary to send a SBC Copyright Form in the camera-ready submission for publication in the WUW-SVR2021. The document must be submitted through JEMS systems, filled out with information related to the workshop, chair(s), paper title and authors. The Copyright Form has also a Portuguese version. It is not necessary to sign both. Authors must choose between one of the two, no matter the language in which the paper was written.

Presentation

Presentations will be given orally by the authors and will be followed by a mentoring session with experts. More details will be given to presenters after acceptance as well as in the program to be added to the official website of the symposium.

Awards

Up to three papers will be awarded in the workshop. For award purposes, the quality of the oral presentation will also be evaluated. Papers accepted and not presented in the WUW – SVR2021 will not compete for awards and will be removed from the proceedings. Best works can be invited to submit to the Comunicações em Informática journal.

No-Show and No-Registration Policy

No-show papers are defined as accepted papers submitted by authors who did not present the paper at the technical meeting. Each paper must have at least one registered author with a Main Track Paper Registration Fee. Each paper must have a different Other Track Paper Registration Fee. Otherwise, the paper is considered a no-registration. No-show and no-registration papers will not be included in the program.

WUW Chairs

Liliane dos Santos Machado – UFPB – Brazil  (liliane@di.ufpb.br)

Vinicius Costa de Souza – UNISINOS – Brazil (viniciuscs@unisinos.br)