Editorial

This special issue of the SBC Journal on 3D Interactive Systems is dedicated to the dissemination of the activities of several groups working on virtual reality, 3D graphics, 3D interaction, multimodal interaction and related themes in Brazil and other countries. Through this initiative the SBC Journal on 3D Interactive Systems is innovating: it is the first time that a Brazilian journal publishes, in a single issue, information regarding different laboratories for prospective students and potential collaborators.The papers selected for this issue introduce Virtual Reality, Graphics and Human Computer Interaction laboratories, their mission and goals, as well as interesting results from their recent projects. This will benefit the scientific community as a whole. It is a special opportunity for the different research groups to introduce themselves, describe their interests and areas of activity, as well as their research directions, thus enabling contacts and potential cooperation.We received 30 manuscripts and, after a peer review phase, we selected 26 technical communications. Most of the VR and CG research laboratories in Brazil are represented; some are more dedicated to virtual reality and graphics applications, others also work with image processing for improving interaction. We also received interesting contributions from laboratories in other countries like Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland and United Kingdom, as well as from a trans-national group involving Belgium, France, Italy, Germany, Georgia, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and United Kingdom.In a general way, readers will find information about research on interaction devices, gesture recognition-based interaction, collaborative interaction, and innovative ways of interaction with tablets and walls. Also several 3D interactive visualization and rendering techniques are well explored by VR and CG researchers. Applications related to health care, chemistry, arts, among others, are some of the topics that the labs are pursuing in their projects. All the groups are interested in receiving students and establishing collaboration for new projects. Thus, we hope the content of the papers here presented can help researchers in finding partners and, in this way, improving their contribution to the fields of VR, CG and HCI.We would like to express our thanks to the editor-in-chief, Luciana Nedel, for inviting us to be guest editors, but mainly for shaping the idea of this special issue. We also thank the reviewers for their help with insightful revisions, and the authors for their interesting contributions as well as for the willingness in the whole process of preparing this issue.

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Journal of Interactive Systems ◽

10.5753/jis.2012.606 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Luciana Nedel

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Virtual Learning ◽

Visual Programming ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Virtual Learning Environment ◽

Interactive Systems ◽

Programming Environment ◽

3D Interaction ◽

Medical Simulator ◽

And Training

It is my pleasure to introduce you the first issue of the SBC Journal on 3D Interactive Systems (JIS) in 2012. This issue contains three original papers, which surprisingly cover the same research topic, the development of virtual reality systems. The conception of fully interactive virtual reality systems is still a challenge. To choose the best interaction techniques and devices to each application task, to combine different technologies in a single system, to quickly prototype these systems, and to fulfill the expectations of the final user are just some few examples of problems that need to be faced by developers. The use of virtual reality and 3D interaction is yet new and there is not sufficient standards to follow in order to succeed. The first paper of this issue, “Visual Programming for Virtual Reality Applications Based on InTml”, was written by Pablo Figueroa, Santiago Gil, Raul Oses, Juan Toro, Catalina Rodriguez, Christian Benavides and Esteban Correa, from Colombia. The paper presents VPE, a visual programming environment developed to help in the development of portable virtual reality applications. More than this, the authors report advantages and drawbacks of their approach and share with us the lessons learned with this work. The paper “Assessment Systems for Training Based on Virtual Reality: A Comparison Study” authored by Ronei M. Moraes and Liliane S. Machado, from Brazil, discusses some of the challenges to construct a medical simulator based on virtual reality. An important question concerning the use of virtual reality based training is how to know when the user will be ready to practice in real situations. In this paper, the authors compared four methodologies for online assessment. The goal is to identify methods that could be used to reconfigure the simulation according to users’ performance in real time. I invite you to read the paper and make your own choices. The third and last paper, “Experiences with Virtual Learning Using 3D Interactive Systems for Education and Training”, was written by Damian Schofield, from USA, and is also related to virtual reality simulators. The author presents a virtual learning environment (ViRILE) developed by his group and uses it to highlight the complex operational problems that have been encountered during the process. In this paper, the lessons learned with the experience are extrapolated into general guidelines that are here shared with the readers. We hope this issue will fulfill your expectations. Enjoy it!

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Guest Editorial – Special Issue on Robust Recognition Methods for Multimodal Interaction

Pattern Recognition Letters ◽

10.1016/j.patrec.2013.09.010 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 36 ◽

pp. 187-188

Author(s):

Luis Gomez ◽

J.P. Wachs ◽

Julio Jacobo-Berlles

Keyword(s):

Guest Editorial ◽

Multimodal Interaction ◽

Special Issue ◽

Editorial Special Issue ◽

Robust Recognition

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Editorial: Special Issue on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

The International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research ◽

10.7895/ijadr.v2i3.172 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 1-2

Author(s):

Svetlana Popova ◽

Christina Chambers

Keyword(s):

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder ◽

Drug Research ◽

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders ◽

Spectrum Disorder ◽

Special Issue ◽

Fetal Alcohol ◽

Editorial Special Issue ◽

Spectrum Disorders ◽

First Time ◽

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum

Popova, S., & Chambers, C. (2013). Editorial: Special Issue on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. The International Journal Of Alcohol And Drug Research, 2(3), 1-2. doi:10.7895/ijadr.v2i3.172 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7895/ijadr.v2i3.172)We, as guest editors, are very excited and proud to introduce the first Special Issue on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) of the International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time any existing journal has produced an issue specifically dedicated to FASD.

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