Smart Graphics

Synthetic Characters and Virtual Worlds.- Engaging in a Conversation with Synthetic Characters Along the Virtuality Continuum.- Visualizing Emotion in Musical Performance Using a Virtual Character.- Knowledge in the Loop: Semantics Representation for Multimodal Simulative Environments.- Virtual Camera Planning: A Survey.- Generating Visual Displays.- Graphical Data Displays and Database Queries: Helping Users Select the Right Display for the Task.- Visualization Tree, Multiple Linked Analytical Decisions.- Structure Determines Assignment Strategies in Diagrammatic Production Scheduling.- Generation of Glyphs for Conveying Complex Information, with Application to Protein Representations.- Negotiating Gestalt: Artistic Expression by Coalition Formation Between Agents.- Text and Graphics.- Metrics for Functional and Aesthetic Label Layouts.- A Smart Algorithm for Column Chart Labeling.- 3D Interaction and Modeling.- Usability Comparison of Mouse-Based Interaction Techniques for Predictable 3d Rotation.- Multi-level Interaction in Parametric Design.- Intuitive Shape Modeling by Shading Design.- Automatic Cross-Sectioning Based on Topological Volume Skeletonization.- Novel Interaction Paradigms.- Interface Currents: Supporting Fluent Collaboration on Tabletop Displays.- Design of Affordances for Direct Manipulation of Digital Information in Ubiquitous Computing Scenarios.- 2D Drawing System with Seamless Mode Transition.- Poster Presentations and Demos.- Tentative Results in Focus-Based Medical Volume Visualization.- 3d Visualisation in Spatial Data Infrastructures.- From Artefact Representation to Information Visualisation: Genesis of Informative Modelling.- Computer-Assisted Artistic Pattern Drawing.- VR-Mirror: A Virtual Reality System for Mental Practice in Post-Stroke Rehabilitation.- Picturing Causality – The Serendipitous Semiotics of Causal Graphs.- Xface: Open Source Toolkit for Creating 3D Faces of an Embodied Conversational Agent.- Interactive Augmentation of 3D Statistics Visualizations.