2. Virtual Dinos - Japan 2009

3. BMW Augmented Reality

4. AR Headset & Gloves

5. Immersive Cocoon

6. AR Business Card

ICIS http://icis2012.aisnet.org/ is the major annual international meeting of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), which has over 4,000 members representing universities in over 95 countries worldwide. It is the most prestigious gathering of academics and practitioners in the IS discipline, and provides a forum for networking and sharing of latest ideas and highest caliber scientific work among the IS professions. Each year, over 1,000 IS academic professions from around the world participate in the conference program, which includes about 60 sessions and 180 presentations, in addition to keynotes, CIO panels, and research panels.

The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research (http://jvwresearch.org), following a successful workshop in Shanghai at ICIS 2011, will host a special face-2-face workshop on Augmented Reality.

Background About AR:

Journal web: http://www.jvwresearch.org
Event page: http://jvwresearch.org/index.php/component/content/article/11-events/42
"Sight" - a vision of AR in the near future: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPMggzUlcDc
Intro to the workshop in Google Hangout: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt7yGo2P96g

Augmented Reality (for example: http://mashable.com/follow/topics/augmented-reality/) is one of the “hottest” topics in IT/IS. The rise of high-end mobile cameras, GPS, and devices with on-cloud computation allow for many new opportunities. Theoretical research in the field (see for example: http://www.ismar11.org/) is now being further developed into applications.

Confirmed Speakers:

Yesha Sivan, Jon Preston, Jeff Chastine, Dov Teeni

Agenda:

08:30--09:00 Breakfast & Welcome
09:00--09:30 Yesha Sivan - The status of AR today, followed by the "SIGHT" Movie
09:30--10:00 Jon Preston and Jeff Chastine - Augmented Reality: a Narrative, Symbiotic Approach in Combining Virtual and Physical Worlds
10:00--10:30 Submitted papers
10:30--11:00 Submitted papers
11:00--11:30 Dov Teeni - AR in I.S.: Setting a Research Agenda
11:30--12:00 Review and Discussion

Call for papers:

Given the exploratory purposes of this workshop, we invite well-articulated papers (2-3 pages including visuals) with one-page bio and background of the author(s). We particularly seek experimental and forward-looking papers. We also welcome conceptual papers with theoretical flavor, as well as completed research papers or research-in-progress papers. Some of the submitted papers may be invited for fast-tracking to the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research.

Suggested research topics include, but are not limited to (#x refers to the image in the JVWR web site):

•    Devices (See example #1, #4)
•    AR definitions and technologies
•    Commercial uses of AR
•    Educational use of AR. (#2)
•    Research methodologies for AR
•    Medical uses of AR. (#5)
•    Defense related AR
•    Standards and tools for AR (#3)
•    What should CIOs know about AR
•    The relation of Mobile and AR
•    Web and AR, WebGL, Edb3D, etc.
•    And more…

How to Submit:

Authors/Presenters: Send 2-3 page description with one-page bio and background to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Deadlines:

Submission by authors: Oct 19, 11:59 EST (New York time)
Decision to authors: By Oct 21, 11:59 EST (New York time)

How to Register:

Please register soon, space is limited.

You can register to this event in three ways (a) as part of your ICIS registration or (b) just for the workshop (c) fax based registration.

(a) The registration for ICIS 2012 including the AR workshop (you will see it in the list on ancillary events) is now open at http://icis2012.aisnet.org/index.php/conf-registration. Choose the first option. You must use your AIS member information to log in and register.

(b) You can attend just the AR workshop: register here http://icis2012.aisnet.org/index.php/conf-registration and choose the second option.

(c)  If you need fax based registration go here: http://icis2012.aisnet.org/index.php/conf-registration and choose the third option (this is NOT recommended).

We look forward to seeing you in Orlando!

Thankfully,

Yesha Sivan
Professor and Head of the Management Information System Program
Tel Aviv Academic College
Managing Editor, The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research

Shu Schiller
Associate Professor
Department of Information Systems & Operations Management
Raj Soin College of Business
Wright State University
 
Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah
Professor of Business & Information Technology
Department of Business & Information Technology
Missouri University of Science and Technology