Section: Highlights of the Year

Highlights of the Year

• This year, the Hybrid team has again been strongly involved in the organization of the IEEE Virtual Reality Conference (IEEE VR) in 2018, with M. Marchal: Program Chair, F. Argelaguet: Workshops Chair, A. Lécuyer: Tutorials Chair.

• Hybrid was involved in the publication of a book  [48] on Virtual and Augmented Reality, titled "Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality: myths and realities". This book was co-edited by B. Arnaldi and G. Moreau, with contributions  [44] [42] [43] from F. Argelaguet, V. Gouranton, A. Lécuyer, M. Marchal, and J.M. Normand.

• Hybrid was involved in the organization of the ACM/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA), in Paris, July 2018, with M. Marchal serving as General Chair.

• Hybrid organized, together with Inria team Visages, a press conference in Paris on the topic of "Neurofeedback" in November 2018, followed by various media coverages.

Awards

• Maud Marchal is junior member of Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) since October 2018.

• Best Paper Award IEEE VR 2018 - Honorable Mention: Paper from Jeunet et al. [18]

• Best Paper Award Euro VR 2018 - Honorable Mention: Paper from Costes et al. [30]

• Best Demo Award IEEE 3DUI Contest 2018 - Runner-Up: Demo from Nouviale et al. [28]