interactions virtual worlds workshop interactions virtual worlds may 1921 1999 parlevink research group university twente ctit enschede netherlands introduction parlevink research group centre telematics information technology ctit pleased announce 3 day workshop interactions virtual reality vr environments anyone dealing theoretical empirical computational experimental sociological anthropological aspects vr environments either purely artificial use real world characteristics invited participate workshop workshop emphasis vr environments provide means interacting objects environment embedded information sources services possibly represented agents users visitors environment motivation recent years seen computer science cognitive ergonomics communities discovered exploring possibilities vr user interfaces order visualize available information provide users access information virtual environments built users find explore information communicate users communicate objects agents virtual worlds workshop emphasizes role vr interfaces environments people share knowledge experience new forms interactivity emerge particular want explore role speech language virtual environments navigate vr using speech language model multimodal access environments communicate humans artificial agents vr environment etc workshop organized context u wish project dutch telematics institute format format workshop consist keynote presentations experts fields vr dialogue modelling speech language processing combined presentations accepted papers presentations plenary submission procedure researchers working domain invited email 400 words abstract plain ascii format together title affiliation keywords twlt15 cs utwente nl invited accepted papers published workshop proceedings invited lectures niels ole bernsen odense university odense denmark coordinator i3net european network intelligent information interfaces i3 created 1997 order take humancentred approach exploration new visionary interactive systems people everyday activities lili cheng microsoft research seattle wa usa lead program manager microsoft research virtual worlds group working virtual worlds platform nyu cheng designed graphics created human interface one first participatory real time rendered 3d environments broadcast triweekly nyu lili registered architect designed commercial architecture tokyo los angeles james n davidson cedes seattle wa usa project manager community environmental design simulation lab cedes jointly sponsored college architecture urban planning human interface technology lab university washington mandate lab research teach use realtime simulations vr urban architectural landscape design creation virtual spaces environments james c lester north carolina state university raleigh usa primary objective lester research design construct empirically evaluate computational mechanisms support hci educational scientific software interests focus developing advanced animated natural language explanation systems facilitate learning scientific analysis stephen n matsuba vrml dream company toronto canada matsuba authored series vr spaces cyberstage live online journal dealing arts technology interests focussed multimedia vr applications others developed vrml based theatre adaptation shakespeare midsummer night dream pierre nugues ismra caen france research pierre nugues focused natural language processing spoken dialogue user interfaces includes design implementation conversational agents within multimodal framework program committee program chairman anton nijholt ctit enschede niels ole bernsen james n davidson james c lester stephen n matsuba pierre nugues oliviero stock organizing committee local chairman betsy van dijk olaf donk boris van schooten hendri hondorp venue workshop interactions virtual worlds take place computer science building campus university twente enschede netherlands hotel accommodation available campus two nearby cities important dates march 1 deadline submitted abstracts march 15 notification acceptance instruction authors information accommodation april 15 dead line cameraready papers may 1921 workshop information information please contact olaf donk donk cs utwente nl updated information also available http wwwseti cs utwente nl parlevink conferences twlt15 html