Message from the Program Chairs

The IEEE Virtual Reality (VR) 2013 full papers program, contained herein, includes 21 papers that present research, applications, and systems in the field of virtual reality. They were selected from 97 full paper submissions by an international program committee of 64 members, supported by 225 external expert reviewers, leading to an acceptance rate for IEEE Virtual Reality 2013 of 21.6%. All papers appearing in this issue have undergone a two-round review process. In the first round review, at least four expert reviewers reviewed the work. The paper chairs selected the primary and secondary reviewers from the international program committee, and the primary reviewer then recruited at least two external experts. After completion of all reviews, the primary reviewer led an online discussion phase, which resulted in an initial recommendation for acceptance or rejection and a set of modifications that were deemed necessary. Based on this recommendation, the program committee, at the two-day online meeting, selected an initial set of papers for preliminary acceptance. The authors of these papers were given the opportunity to refine and resubmit their work. In the second round review, IPC members checked whether the changes made were sufficient to warrant final acceptance. Based on their input, paper chairs made the final decisions for papers appearing in the TVCG issue. The IEEE VR scientific program also includes 13 short papers published in a separate report.