1. Girona 19 & 20 December 2007 AFRV Association Française de Réalité Virtuelle, Augmentée, Mixte et d’Interaction 3D French Association of Virtual Reality http://www.afrv.fr

2. 19 janvier 2007Girona - 20 December 20072 Plan Quick history of VR in France Structure of AFRV Main objectives of AFRV Our activities Conclusion

3. 19 janvier 2007Girona - 20 December 20073 Quick history of VR in France Individual activities since 1990 GT-RV : 1994-2000 (Working Group on VR) Platform RNTL PERF-RV 2001-2004 “Réseau Thématique Pluridisciplinaire” du CNRS (2002) –RTP 7 (B. Perroche) : Virtual reality, Image Synthesis and Visualization –RTP 15 (J. Droulez) : Interactions and VR Specific Action (CNRS) –Virtual Reality and Cognition “Traité de la Réalité Virtuelle” (3 ème edition) –4 Volumes, 1800 pages –74 authors –Free in electronic form for the students (but in French !) Creation of AFRV : November 2005

4. 19 janvier 2007Girona - 20 December 20074 Quick history of VR in France Conferences, workshops and seminars –GT-RV workshop 1994-2000, international in 1999 and 2000 –« Interface des mondes réels et virtuels », Montpellier from 1992 to 1997 –« Les rencontres de la réalité virtuelle », Chalons- sur-Saône since 1998 –Laval Virtual, International Conference and Exhibition, since 1999 in Laval –Virtual Concepts, Biarritz since 2002, à Cancun fin 2006 –1 er workshop of AFRV : 13,14 Nov 2006, Paris –2 nd workshop of AFRV : 26, 27 Oct 2007, Marseille

5. 19 janvier 2007Girona - 20 December 20075 Structure of AFRV Structure –Members ( 28 November 07 ) individuals : 151 members Laboratories : 25 members Industrials : 22 members –Executive committee 8 individuals 4 Laboratories 4 Industrial –Board of the Executive Committee Bruno Arnaldi: President Philippe Fuchs: Vice-President Anatole Lécuyer and Daniel Mestre : secretary Jean-Louis Dautin: Finance Guillaume Moreau: Communication

6. 19 janvier 2007Girona - 20 December 20076 Main objectives of AFRV 3 tasks: –Promote the development of VR and AR for: Research Education Applications –Give to AR/VR community a communication tool in order to create synergies inside community –Communicate toward national and/or international institutions

7. 19 janvier 2007Girona - 20 December 20077 AFRV activities Annual workshop 120 attendees in 2006, Paris 175 attendees in 2007, Marseille Scientific papers, Posters, Industrial presentations and laboratories presentations

8. 19 janvier 2007Girona - 20 December 20078 AFRV activities AFRV Newsletters –« Rêverie » : newsletter of GT-RV (Gérard Subsol) 232 numéros since 1993 Périodicity 1 month –Journal de l’AFRV Some articles (Industry, …) Periodicity 2 or 3 months Institutional discussion Imagina 2008 : organisation of a round table by AFRV Laval Virtual 2007 : best scientific paper award ANR RNTL, TecSAN GDR IG

9. 19 janvier 2007Girona - 20 December 20079 Conclusion We are a very young association ! We have a lot of things to do …. What about a European level ?