AMBIT 2014 - The 3rd International Workshop on Ambient Information Technologies (AMBIT 2014)

In VR environments, users are surrounded by various kinds of devices such as sensors, displays, actuators, etc. Integration with these devices and analysis of the acquired data can lead to new techniques and technologies that offer users various comfortable computer-supported environments. Ambient information technologies have attempted to allow users to unconsciously access useful information with various kinds of displays according to the users’ situation, which is acquired by the sensors. Following the success of the first event in 2012, the third workshop on Ambient Information Technologies (AMBIT 2014) is aimed at bringing together researchers who develop devices (sensors, displays, actuators, etc.) used in VR environments or applications that utilize these cultivated devices and integrate the acquired data with information to be displayed. The workshop will begin with an introduction, then the invited speakers will report their latest findings related to ambient information technologies. The following sessions will address specific areas where we will review the state-of-the-art and discuss current issues and future research directions. We hope that this workshop will give helpful hints for the design, operation and applications of ambient information environments with VR technologies. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Unconscious, intuitive, non-intrusive interfaces
Ambient information technologies
Ambient intelligence
User interface for ambient environments
Immersive environments
Augmented reality
Context awareness
Ubiquitous computing/networking for ambient environments
Computer-supported communication and interaction
Autonomous, distributed, coordinated environment control
Real-time environment sensing
Networking technologies for ambient environments
Applications of ambient information technologies