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In the last few years, there has been an increasing interest in the design of artificial worlds, using image synthesis, modeling, multimedia and virtual reality. In practice this approach is something broader and more fundamental. We can imagine virtual worlds reflecting some parts of our reality, but also the synthesis of new universes with associated “physical” laws and artificial life forms. There have been several successful workshops on Virtual Reality and other ones on Artificial Life, but very few of them have tried to integrate both approaches. Considering recent advances, this seems to be one of the most promising approach for the synthesis of realistic and imaginary virtual worlds.
This interdisciplinary conference aims to provoke new understandings of the important role that such virtual worlds will play in domains such as sciences, business, computer games, education, training, simulation, etc. It will investigate the relationships between the natural and the artificial from both theoretical and philosophical points of views. It will also address technical developments and practical applications.
Virtual Worlds 98 hopes to extend the scientifical community by encouraging contributions from people involved in technical, philosophical and art works related to the design and applications of virtual worlds. The meeting will involve oral presentations, both invited and contributed, poster sessions, tutorials, debates, exhibitions and demonstrations.