The proceedings have been published by the Town Council of Laval as a book of 200 pages. This publication has received a ISBN number (ISBN 2-9513952-0-5, June 1999).

Due to a manipulation error, the pages 3, 5, 6 and 7 of the paper:

A Virtual Reality Environment for Macromolecules Exploration
J.C. Lombardo
iMAGIS-GRAVIR-IMAG, Grenoble, France

are lacking in the paper proceedings. All these pages are in the electronic version (10 pages, PostScript, 2 150 501 bytes).

The electronic versions of the papers are eitheir in PostScript (.ps), or in Acrobat Reader(.pdf). The files have been then compressed by gzip (.gz).

The files are stored on the ftp site with anonymous access of INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France.

All the papers are in English.

Keynote presentations

The Future of Virtual Reality and Prototyping
R. Kalawsky
Advanced VR Research Centre, Loughborough University, UK
(10 pages, PostScript, 1 449 374 bytes)

Haptic Feedback for Virtual Reality
G. Burdea
CAIP Center, Rutgers University, USA
(10 pages, Acrobat Reader, 553 510 bytes)

Design of a VR system

A Theoretical Approach of the Design and Evaluation of a Virtual Reality Device
P. Fuchs, F. Nashashibi, D. Lourdeaux
Robotics Centre - ENSMP, Paris, France
(10 pages, PostScript, 805 817 bytes)

Virtual Reality and Multi-Agent Systems for Manufacturing System Interactive Prototyping
P. Chevaillier, F. Harrouet, P. Reignier, J. Tisseau
Laboratory of Software Engineering - ENIB, Brest, France
(10 pages, PostScript, 52 670 bytes)

A User-Flow Approach for Multi-User Applications with DMS (Distributed Modules System)
S. Huet
Scol Technologies, Cryo-Networks, Saint-Ouen, France
(10 pages, PostScript, 97 105 bytes)

Interfaces

Virtual Navigation Fully Controlled by Head Tracking
P. Bourdot, M. Dromigny, L. Arnal
LIMSI-CNRS, Orsay, France
(9 pages, PostScript, 50 276 bytes)

Hand Tracking by 3D Model Registration
H. Ouhaddi, P. Horain
Department Signal and Image - INT, Evry, France
(9 pages, PostScript, 3 296 730 bytes)

Locomotion Interface on a Virtual Plane
J. Wang, Y. Zhao, P. Jia, N. Tu, D. Zhu
State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Technology and Systems
Department of Computer Science and Technology
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
(8 pages, PostScript, 74 021 bytes)

Image Synthesis

State of the Art: Image Synthesis and Virtual Reality
C. Chaillou, A. Luciani, A. Habibi, J.P. Jessel
LIFL, Lille, France
ACROE, Grenoble, France
LSIIT, Illkirch, France
IRIT / GFX & VR Group, Toulouse, France
(organized with the support of AFIG - French Association of Computer Graphics)
(8 pages, PostScript, 18 950 bytes)

Connexion and Tesselation: User Modulated Display of Virtual Industrial Environments
M. Krus, P. Bourdot, S. Tonnoir, F. Guisnel, G. Thibault, A. Osorio
LIMSI-CNRS, Orsay, France
EDF-DER, Clamart, France
(10 pages, PostScript, 295 562 bytes)

Force and Tactile Feedback

Six Degree-of-Freedom Haptic System for Desktop Virtual Prototyping Applications
E. Chen, P. Limantour
Sensable Technologies, Cambridge, USA
SimTeam, Paris, France
(10 pages, Acrobat Reader, 96 943 bytes)

Design, Implementation and Evaluation of an Haptic Interface for Surgical Gestures Training
D. Lamy, C. Chaillou
ICAM, Lille, France
LIFL, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
(not available)

Extrapolation: a Solution for Force Feedback?
G. Picinbono, J.C. Lombardo
Projet EPIDAURE - INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France
(9 pages, PostScript, 397 914 bytes)

Effect of Tactual Feedback on Performance in Virtual Manipulation Tasks
P. Richard, R. England, A. Kheddar, P. Coiffet
Laboratoire de Robotique de Paris, France
Sowerby Research Centre, British Aerospace, Bristol, UK
(10 pages, PostScript, 1 087 933 bytes)

3D Object Description

State of the Art: 3D Application Programming Interfaces: Format, Tools and Standardisation.
C. Bouville, R. Cazoulat
CNET-CCETT, Cesson-Sévigné, France
(organized with the support of CNET/France Telecom)
(8 pages, Acrobat Reader, 60 572 bytes)

Applications

Network Management and Virtual Reality
P. Abel, P. Gros, D. Loisel, J.P. Paris
Institut EURECOM, Sophia Antipolis, France
CNET France Telecom, France
(10 pages, Acrobat Reader, 945 583 bytes)

A Virtual Reality Environment for Macromolecules Exploration
J.C. Lombardo
iMAGIS-GRAVIR-IMAG, Grenoble, France
(10 pages, PostScript, 2 150 501 bytes)

CAVALCADE: a System for Collaborative Prototyping
P. Torguet, O. Balet, E. Gobbetti, J.P. Jessel, J. Duchon, and E. Bouvier
IRIT, Toulouse, France
CS-SI, Toulouse, France
Visualization and Virtual Reality Group - CRS4, Cagliari, Italy
(10 pages, PostScript, 2 023 015 bytes)

Computer Sculpture: From Virtual to Real and From Real to Virtual
C. Lavigne
Ars Mathematica, France
(9 pages, PostScript, 719 015 bytes)

Towards the Virtual Factory?

Virtual Manufacturing and its Implications
M. Saadoun, V. Sandoval
Institut de l'Éducation et de l'Impact de la Technologie, Paris, France
Laboratory PL - École Centrale de Paris, Châtenay-Malabry, France
(10 pages, PostScript, 102 478 bytes)