The Third International Conference on Virtual Worlds will be held from 3 – 5 July 2012 in Paris. The Program Committee is calling for papers on substantial, original and unpublished research on Virtual Worlds.
A Virtual World can be defined as a computer-simulated environment with its own physical and biological laws, populated by dynamic interacting entities such as artificial creatures and human avatars. Whereas Virtual Reality largely focuses on the design of 3D immersive spaces, and Artificial Life on the modeling and study of life-like systems, Virtual Worlds embrace both dimensions by synthesising an entire digital universe. Their design and realisation requires competency in various fields from Virtual Reality and Physics to Artificial Life and Ecology, Computer Graphics, High Performance Computing, and more.
Papers must be submitted in LNCS format and should be up to 10 pages in length including abstract, figures and references. Formatting instructions are available at: http://www.springer.com/lncs
Short Papers (4 pages including abstract, figures and references) may also be submitted. Selected Short Papers will be presented as posters during demo sessions.
Full papers may be submitted electronically from 16 October 2011 to 16 January 2012 via the conference website. All submitted work will be assigned for double blind peer review. Authors of accepted papers will be asked to register to the conference and present their work.
