Call for Contributions

Each deadline is 23:59:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth) == GMT/UTC-12:00 on the stated day, no matter where the submitter is located.

• Submission of Short Papers: December 12, 2024, Extended: December 15, 2024

• Initial Short Paper Notifications: December 27, 2024

• Revised Submission of Short Papers: January 3, 2025

• Final Short Paper Acceptance Notification: January 9, 2025

• Camera-Ready Submission of Short Papers: January 16, 2025

• Submission of Lightning Talk Proposals: February 10, 2025

• Workshop: March 8, 2025

This Workshop on Locomotion and Wayfinding in XR is intended to initiate novel and deepen existing discussions between researchers and practitioners interested in the broad area of navigation in extended reality. While navigation is one of the most fundamental forms of user interaction required in almost every XR application, existing research still leaves a plethora of open research questions regarding the conceptual design, technical realization, and systematic evaluation of navigation interfaces for particular use cases. This iteration of the workshop sets a particular focus on the topics of accessibility and standardization in navigation research. The workshop aims to thematize these issues in more detail and offer a platform for discussing current and future research projects in the field with the community.

This workshop allows researchers and practitioners to present their current research on locomotion and wayfinding in two formats. The first format invites the submission of short papers to be presented at the workshop that will then be published in the IEEE Digital Library. The second format invites the submission of abstracts for lightning talks that focus on work in progress to be discussed at the workshop without a corresponding publication in the digital library.

• Locomotion Techniques

• Reproduction of Existing Findings

• Scene Transitions

• SeatedVR

• Redirection

• Orientation and Spatial Awareness

• Affordance & Accessibility

• Input Devices

• Human Factors

• Wayfinding in VR/AR

• Gaze Guiding

• Theoretical Work, such as Classifications & Taxonomies

• Standardization

• Accessible Interfaces

• ...

The Workshop on Locomotion and Wayfinding in XR seeks high-quality contributions in the form of short papers to be published in the IEEE Xplore library as well as lightning talks without a corresponding paper publication. 

We call for short papers presenting original and preliminary research results, surveys, demos, and positions with a length of up to 6 pages (excluding references). These will go through a formal reviewing process via an independent program committee. Each submission will receive two reviews. Authors will have the possibility to react to those reviews with a revision. The final decision of acceptance is then made by the organizers based on whether all reviewer comments have been sufficiently addressed. In the event of conflicts in the organizing committee, the decision is made by an independent expert instead. If accepted, papers will be published in the IEEE VR 2025 abstracts and workshop proceedings through IEEE Xplore.

Authors and reviewers are asked to pay particular attention to whether studies and methodologies are reported in a reproducible manner. We would like to provide the following guidelines to assist with this process. Authors have the opportunity to comment in the submission process if circumstances do not allow further compliance with the guidelines or if other evidence contradicts the stated guidelines. 

When it comes to methodological work, we particularly want to encourage and promote demos on-site to further deepen the discussion of the presented work with the community. Authors will be asked in the submission process if they will demonstrate their work on-site. There will be a dedicated agenda item for this at the workshop.

Submissions must be anonymous, prepared in the IEEE Computer Society VGTC conference format, and submitted via PCS. Submissions that do not comply with the above-mentioned framing will be desk rejected without further review.

At least one author per accepted contribution must register for the IEEE VR conference or workshops. 

We also would like to welcome proposals for lightning talks raising interesting positions, work in progress, research agendas, or questions to discuss with the community during the workshop. These should be submitted in the form of an informal maximum 500-word abstract and will be reviewed by the workshop organizers. As the main focus of this track is on the oral presentation and discussion, the abstracts will not be published in the IEEE Digital Library. 

Abstract submissions should not be anonymous and submitted via e-mail to the workshop organizers at daniel.zielasko@rwth-aachen.de and me@tim-weissker.de. 

At least one author per accepted contribution must register for the IEEE ISMAR conference in order to present the proposed lightning talk in-person at the workshop. 

• Tim Weissker (me@tim-weissker.de) 

• Daniel Zielasko (daniel.zielasko@rwth-aachen.de)