Invited Papers -- Virtual Reality: A Knowledge Tool for Cultural Heritage -- Computer Graphics Theory and Applications -- Using Distance Information for Silhouette Preservation in Mesh Simplification Techniques -- Closed-Form Solutions for Continuous PCA and Bounding Box Algorithms -- An Importance Sampling Method for Arbitrary BRDFs -- Generalization of Single-Center Projections Using Projection Tile Screens -- Real-Time Generation of Interactive Virtual Human Behaviours -- CoGenIVE: Building 3D Virtual Environments Using a Model Based User Interface Design Approach -- Computer Vision Theory and Applications -- Fast Medial Axis Extraction Algorithm on Tubular Large 3D Data by Randomized Erosion -- Self-calibration of Central Cameras from Point Correspondences by Minimizing Angular Error -- Image Filtering Based on Locally Estimated Geodesic Functions -- Computation of Left Ventricular Motion Patterns Using a Normalized Parametric Domain -- Improving Geodesic Invariant Descriptors through Color Information -- On Head Pose Estimation in Face Recognition -- Edge-Based Template Matching with a Harmonic Deformation Model -- Implementation of a Model for Perceptual Completion in R 2×S 1 -- Data Compression - A Generic Principle of Pattern Recognition? -- Hierarchical Evaluation Model: Extended Analysis for 3D Face Recognition -- Estimation of 3D Instantaneous Motion of a Ball from a Single Motion-Blurred Image -- Integrating Current Weather Effects into Urban Visualization -- Guided KLT Tracking Using Camera Parameters in Consideration of Uncertainty -- Automated Object Identification and Position Estimation for Airport Lighting Quality Assessment.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference, VISIGRAPP 2008, the Joint Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP) and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP), held in Funchal-Madeira, Portugal, in January 2008. The 20 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 374 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on geometry and modeling, rendering, interactive environments, image formation and processing, image analysis, image understanding, as well as motion, tracking and stereo vision.