The interactive representation of 3D objects and of dynamic scenes poses a number of challenges which are are likely to deeply interest the image processing community, both because they have the flavour of problems encountered with video and because the image processing background is probably well suited for making progresses in these issues. For clarity's sake, let us note that the term "interactive" is here used in the sense that in this type of representations the viewing positions are freely decided by the user in real time, not like in video where the viewing positions are determined by the operator once forever during the taking.
The proposed special session presents a significant sample of issues related to interactive representation of 3D objects and dynamic scenes. An important fact, that does not have a counterpart in video, is that the interactive remote inspection of 3D scenes does not stricly require the transmission of the 3D data, indeed it can be turned into the transmisison of images prompted by the user. In this context image compression becomes crucial and the compression approaches since they can rely on a mathematical description of the scenes, which is not the case with video, can be both very different and much more effective than in the video case.
Authors should submit a six page manuscript in double-column format, A4 page size, including authors' names, affiliations, and an abstract. All submissions should adhere to the ISPA author instructions. Papers should be submitted online using the ISPA electronic submission form. Please check the name of the special session under categories selection. Important: The paper should also be sent by e-mail to the special session organizer whose address is indicated below.
Dr. Guido M. Cortelazzo, University of Padova, Italy