Welcome  
 
Welcome to ICAT 2004 in Korea !
  In the spirit of developing innovative Virtual Reality and Telexistence technologies and applying it to advance and enrich our lives, It is a great pleasure and honor to host ICAT 2004, 14th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, in Seoul Korea for the first time in ICAT history.
  Seoul is the capital of Korea and not only mega-modern of population over 10 million but also appealingly ancient. Overshadowed by high rises, Seoul still retains centuries-old temples, palaces, pagodas and gardens. It also has luxury accommodations, excellent public transport and cultural experiences aplenty. Seoul is really an intriguing city where old co-exists with new.
Over the 3 days of ICAT 2004 you will have opportunities to experience the state of the art technologies in Virtual Reality and Telexistence in technical sessions, meet old friends or make new ones at the Conference Banquet, VR Technology and Art Exhibition and some more exciting events we would prepare.
 ICAT 2004 will not only look for innovations in the VR technology itself, but also exploring novel ways to transfer and express information and creative ideas to the society and people. ICAT 2004 will run technical sessions covering conventional VR areas and new emerging areas with a lineup of plenary sessions, invited talks, tutorials, workshops and VR technology/art exhibitions.
  The success of ICAT 2004 would certainly be measured by your participation. On behalf of the Organizing Committee of ICAT 2004, We would like to welcome you all to join ICAT 2004 in Seoul Korea.

General Chairs

    Hyun S. YANG (KAIST, Korea)
    Hyoung Gon Kim (KIST, Korea)
    Susumu Tachi (The University of Tokyo, Japan)