The International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia will focus this year on “Hybrid Realities:Digital Partners. Explorations in Art, Heritage, Science & the Human Factor.”

The art and culture session is featuring, in close collaboration with Locative Media Lab, the “Enhanced Environments and Locative Media” section and the organizers are still looking for papers to be submitted not later than July 31.

The conference will be held in Gifu (Japan) on 17-19, Nov., 2004.