Special Issue on eXtended Reality technologies and applications
Dear Colleagues,
eXtended Reality (XR) includes Virtual Reality (VR), where the operator is immersed in a 3D digital world, Augmented Reality (AR), where an operator’s perception of the real world is enhanced through the superimposition of virtual objects and information, and Mixed Reality (MR), that not just overlays but anchors virtual objects to the real world. This Special Issue encourages submissions focused on research into eXtended Reality technologies and applications.
Authors of selected papers presented at the International Conference on eXtended Reality (XR Salento 2024 - www.xrsalento.it) are invited to submit an extended version of their papers to this Special Issue. These papers may cover technological and methodological aspects of extended reality, performance evaluation, case studies or applications in various fields such as medicine, industry, education, cultural heritage. All submitted papers will undergo the standard peer-review procedure.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been previously published, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). Conference papers should be cited and noted on the paper. Please note that submitted extended papers should contain at least 50% new content (e.g., in the form of technical extensions, more in-depth evaluations, or additional use cases) and not exceed 30% copy/paste from the original conference paper.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline: December 31, 2024
GUEST EDITORS
Prof. Lucio Tommaso De Paolis, Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
Dr. Valerio De Luca, Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
GUEST EDITORS BIOGRAPHIES
Prof. Lucio Tommaso De Paolis is an Associate Professor at the University of Salento and the Head of the Augmented and Virtual Reality Laboratory (AVR Lab). His research interest concerns the study of the design and development of applications of Virtual and Augmented Reality and Human-Computer Interaction in medicine and surgery, cultural heritage and education. He teaches “Applications of Virtual and Augmented Reality” and is the organizer of the annual International Conference on eXtended Reality (XR SALENTO – http://www.xrsalento.it/).
Research interests: eXtended Reality technologies in medicine, education, and cultural heritage; development of human-computer interfaces.
Dr. Valerio De Luca is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Engineering for Innovation at the University of Salento, Italy. His past research interests include grid computing, distributed systems for real-time audio-video streaming and QoE. Since 2015, he works with the Augmented and Virtual Reality Laboratory (AVR Lab), where he is involved in projects on human-computer interaction and extended reality for medicine, education, cultural heritage. He recently worked also on GPU computing, with application to optimal UAV path planning, and on augmented reality for improvement of situation awareness in UAV remote control. Since 2022, he has been working on an extended reality project for preoperative planning and intraoperative support in orthopaedic surgery.
Research interests: eXtended Reality technologies in medicine, education, and cultural heritage; development of human-computer interfaces.
