ICDVRAT 2012 Conference Awards

Best Paper Award

Sponsored by: Association Française de Réalité Virtuelle (AFRV)

Winner

Collaborative virtual environment for conducting design sessions with students with autism spectrum conditions, L Millen, S V G Cobb, H Patel, T Glover, University of Nottingham, UK

Commended

3D augmented reality applied to the treatment of neuropathic pain, B Penelle, D Mouraux, E Brassinne, T Tuna, A Nonclercq, N Warzée, Université Libre de Bruxelles/Erasme Hospital, Brussels, BELGIUM

Commended

Stress resilience in virtual environments: training combat relevant emotional coping skills using virtual reality, A A Rizzo, B John, J Williams, B Newman, S T Koenig, B S Lange, J G Buckwalter, Institute for Creative Technologies, University of Southern California, Playa Vista, CA, USA

Best Short Paper Award

Sponsored by: Association Française de Réalité Virtuelle (AFRV)

Winner

Development of a system for the assessment of a dual-task performance based on a motion-capture device, K Okamoto, H Kayama, M Yamada, N Kume, T Kuroda, T Aoyama, Kyoto University Hospital/Kyoto University, JAPAN

Commended

Perceptual game controllers and fibromyalgia studies, A L Brooks, E Petersson Brooks, Aalborg University, Esbjerg, DENMARK

Commended

Counting repetitions of upper extremity movements while playing video games compared to traditional therapy; implications for stroke rehabilitation, D Rand, N Givon, G Zeilig, A Nota, H Weingarden, Tel Aviv University/ The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-HaShomer, ISRAEL

Best Student Paper Award

Sponsored by: International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation (ISVR)

Winner

Augmented reality improves myoelectric prosthesis training, F Anderson, W F Bischof, University of Alberta, CANADA

Commended

Study of the impact of added contextual stimuli on the performance in a complex virtual task among patients with brain injury and controls, H Cherni, P-A Joseph, E Klinger, Arts Métiers ParisTech, Angers-Laval/ EA4136, Bordeaux, FRANCE

Commended

Rehabilitation tools along the reality continuum: from mock-up to virtual interactive shopping to a living lab, S Y Hadad, J Fung, P L Weiss, C Perez, B Mazer, M F Levin, R Kizony, University of Haifa/Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, ISRAEL/McGill University, Montreal/Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital, Laval, Quebec, CANADA

Best Student Short Paper Award

Sponsored by: International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation (ISVR)

Winner

Haptics visualisation of scientific data for visually impaired users, R J White, W S Harwin, University of Reading, UK

Commended

Virtual 3D shape and orientation discrimination using point distance information, S Maidenbaum, R Arbel, S Abboud, D R Chebat, S Levy-Tzedek, A Amedi, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ISRAEL

Commended

Virtual reality and brain-computer interface for joint-attention training in autism, M Simões, P Carvalho, M Castelo-Branco, University of Coimbra, PORTUGAL

Awards Panels

Best Paper and Best Student Paper

Pre-selection of Shortlist was conducted by Session Chairs

Pedro Gamito, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, PORTUGAL

Naomi Josman, University of Haifa, ISRAEL

Rachel McCrindle, University of Reading, UK

Best Short Paper and Best Student Short Paper

Tomohiro Kuroda, Kyoto University Hospital, JAPAN

Albert (Skip) Rizzo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Jaime Sánchez, Universidad de Chile, CHILE

Observers

Observer, representing sponsor AFRV:

Evelyne Klinger, Arts et Métiers ParisTech, FRANCE

Observer, representing sponsor ISVR:

Belinda Lange, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA