4Th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (Vsmm 98)_- Futurefusion, Real Applications for the Virtual Age, Date: NOV 18-20, 1998, Location: GIFU, JAPAN, Sponsors: Int Soc Virtual Syst & MultiMedia, Gifu Res & Dev Fdn, Virtual Real Soc Japan, Japan Soc Precis Engn, Japanese Soc Artificial Intelligence, Japan Soc Mech Engineers, Informat Proc Soc Japan, Japanese Soc High Technol Agr, Robots Soc Japan, Japan Soc Simulat Technol, Inst Electr Informat & Commun Engineers, Inst Elect Engineers Japan, Japan Soc Civil Engineers, Soc Inst Instrument & Control Engineers, Japanese Psychol Assoc, Japan Soc Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Gifu Univ, Int Federat Informat Proc