Topics of interest Include, but are not limited to:

• animation, e.g. physically-based, vision-based, knowledge-based and geometric approaches

• virtual and augmented reality

• planning, learning, optimization for animation

• interfaces for creating and editing animations

• perception in animation

• autonomous characters, group and crowd behavior

• natural phenomena

• mathematical foundations of animation

• haptics

• sound interfaces

• related techniques, e. g. collision detection and contact handling

• applications, e. g. in robotics, medicine, entertainment