InTERPRET: Multimedia techniques for augmEnted Reality: PResence and Emotion in virtual environmenT

There is a strong evidence that future human-computer interfaces will enable more natural and intuitive communication between people and all kinds of devices equipped with sensors, thus more closely resembling human-human communications. Progress in human computer interactions has introduced innovative technologies that empower users to interact with computer system in increasingly natural and intuitive ways. This progress has a great impact in virtual-augmented reality, improving the immersiveness and making simulations more realistic. The second edition of the InTERPRET workshop is focused on investigating novel high level approaches and fundamental building blocks for improving users immersiveness in advanced human/computer interaction. The workshop aims to bring together researchers both from academia and industry working with new technologies, psychologists, designers and human/computer experts who investigate humancentered technology with focus on video and audio signals. It is also targeted to Imaging and Audio researchers that, through the development of fundamental algorithms, set up the stage for high level interpretation of image/audio data required in the Human Computer Interaction. After a peer review process in which all the papers were reviewed at least by two members of the program committee, seven papers were selected for presentation, which equates to an acceptance rather of 43,75%. The accepted papers are grouped in one presentation session which covers the Knowledge Management field. We would like to thank the Program committee members of this workshop for their efforts in providing timely and constructive reviews; without their hard work we would not have been able to ensure the quality of the workshop. We also thank all the authors of accepted papers for their excellent contributions.