Doug A. Bowman, associate professor, has been appointed the general chair of the IEEE Virtual Reality 2007 Conference. The conference will be held March 10-14 in Charlotte, North Carolina. IEEE Virtual Reality is the world's premier conference on all aspects of virtual environments, augmented and mixed reality, and three-dimensional user interfaces. Dr. Bowman, who directs the 3D Interaction Group, also served as the program chair for IEEE VR in 2006.