Firstly, we are pleased with the solid work of all the authors who contributed to ICEC
2006 by submitting their papers. ICEC 2006 attracted 47 full paper submissions, 48
short paper submissions in total 95 technical papers. Based on a thorough review and
selection process by 85 international experts from academia and industry as members
of the Program Committee, a high-quality program was compiled. The International
Program Committee consisted of experts from all over the world: 2 from Austria, 1
from Canada, 3 from China, 3 from Finland, 3 from France, 11 from Germany, 2
from Greece, 2 from Ireland, 5 from Italy, 10 from Japan, 1 from Korea, 7 from
Netherlands, 2 from Portugal, 1 from Singapore, 3 from Spain, 3 from Sweden, 1
from Switzerland, 15 from UK, and 14 from USA. The final decision was made by
review and conference chairs based on at least three reviewers' feedback available
online via the conference management tool. As a result, 17 full papers and 17 short
papers were accepted as submitted or with minor revisions. For the remaining
submissions, 28 were recommended to change according to the reviews and were
submitted as posters. This proceedings volume presents 62 technical contributions
which are from many different countries: Belgium, Canada, P.R. China, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore,
Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, the UK, and USA. The technical papers accepted (17 full
papers, 17 short papers) are compiled and presented in this volume in the order they
were presented at the conference. In particular they are allocated to one of the following
presentation sessions: (1) Agents; (2) Cultural and Psychological Metrics; (3)
Transforming Broadcast Experience; (4) Culture, Place, Play (5) Display Technology;
(6) Authoring Tools 1; (7) Object Tracking; (8) Edutainment (9) Networked Games;
(10) Authoring Tools 2. All poster papers are listed separately and presented in a
specific section of this book.