Dear Researchers, IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (IEEE AIVR 2021) is a unique event addressing researches of AI as well as Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality. This year, we have one grand challenge session sponsored by MediaTek and 5 worksohps on interesting topics listed as follows. Please refer to the IEEE AIVR 2021 website ( http://www.ieee-aivr.org/) for the details of paper submission and challenge participation rules. We look forward to seeing you in IEEE AIVR 2021 ! Sincerely, Organization Committee of IEEE AIVR 2021 ===== - *Grand challenge: Visual Attention Estimation in HMD* ( https://ieee-aivr.cs.nthu.edu.tw/challenge/vae) - Awards: According to the points in the final evaluation, we select the top-3 teams for regular awards. - Champion: $USD 1,500 - 1st Runner-up: $USD 1,000 - 3rd-place: $USD 750 - Best accuracy award in the final competition (without considering model efficiency): $USD 600 - Important Dates - Qualification Competition Start Date: August 02, 2021 - Qualification Competition End Date: September 30, 2021 - Final Competition Start Date: October 1, 2021 - Final Competition End Date: October 11, 2021 - Camera Ready Date: October 27, 2021 - Presentation Date: November 16, 2021 - *[AIMLC] Workshop on AI in Music and Live Concerts* - Important Dates: please refer to https://ieee-aivr.cs.nthu.edu.tw/workshops/ai-in-music-and-live-concert - *[AIXR] Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Ethics in XR* - Important Dates: please refer to https://sites.google.com/view/aixr/aixr-2021 - *[CCVAR] Workshop on Computational Creativity in Virtual and Augmented Reality* - Important Dates: please refer to https://sites.google.com/view/ccvar - *[MARCH] Workshop on Modeling and Animating Realistic Crowds and Humans* - Important Dates: please refer to https://sites.google.com/view/ieee-aivr2021-march - *[XRTM] Workshop on XR Technologies in Museums* - Important Dates: please refer to http://colors.ise.ibaraki.ac.jp/AIVR2021/ =====