Distributed Rendering for Interactive Multi-screen Visualization Environments Based on XNA Game Studio -- Training Interpreters Using Virtual Worlds -- Mathematical Foundations for Designing a 3-Dimensional Sketch Book -- Image-Based Virtual Palpation -- Asynchronous Immersive Classes in a 3D Virtual World: Extended Description of vAcademia -- Real-Time Fractal-Based Valence Level Recognition from EEG -- Towards Multi-hazard Resilience as a New Engineering Paradigm for Safety and Security Provision of Built Environment -- Recognizing Avatar Faces Using Wavelet-Based Adaptive Local Binary Patterns with Directional Statistical Features -- Real-Time Reactive Biped Characters: Staying Upright and Balanced -- Using Head Tracking Data for Robust Short Term Path Prediction of Human Locomotion -- A Computational Model of Emotional Attention for Autonomous Agents -- Haptic Rendering of Volume Data with Collision Detection Guarantee Using Path Finding -- Towards Early Diagnosis of Dementia Using a Virtual Environment -- Providing Visual Support for Selecting Reactive Elements in Intelligent Environments.