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Author: Matthew Lombard

  • Call: IUI 2027: ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces

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    [Note that this conference involves the requirement that some authors pay a fee for publication in Proceedings. For more information see the last section below. For general information about publication fees, see AJE Scholar’s “Understanding Submission and Publication Fees” and Wikipedia’s entry on Article Processing Charges. –Matthew] Call for Papers: ACM IUI 2027: 31st Annual ACM Conference on Intelligent User InterfacesFebruary 8-11, 2027Helsinki, Finlandhttps://iui.acm.org/2027/call-for-papers/ Deadline for submission of abstracts: August 13, 2026Deadline for submission of full papers: August 20, 2026 The ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (ACM IUI) is the annual premier venue where researchers and practitioners meet and…

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  • VR game uses player emotions to build next level presence and empathy

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    [Northeastern University researchers have created and are testing a new game that uses the player’s facial expressions not to trigger simple changes in aesthetics or difficulty but as a mechanism for playing the game: “The emotional input you’re asked to provide further boosts the sense of ‘dramatic agency’ and makes you feel like a participant.” The ultimate goal is to build “emotional perspective-taking” and empathy, in this case for members of the LGBTQ+ community. The approach has great potential not only for VR games but in other contexts, as explained at the end of the story. See the original version…

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  • Call: 25th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia

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    Call for Papers, Posters and Demos: MUM 2026, the 25th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous MultimediaDecember 1-4, 2026Glasgow, United Kingdomhttps://mum-conf.org/2026/ Deadline for submission of papers: August 20, 2026Deadline for submission of posters and demos: October 9, 2026 The International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM) is a leading annual international conference, which provides a forum for presenting the latest research results on mobile and ubiquitous multimedia. The conference brings together experts from both academia and industry for a fruitful exchange of ideas and discussion on future challenges, in a comfortable and effective single-track conference format.…

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  • VR and gaming are adding a kick to taekwondo

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    [The use of presence-evoking virtual reality for taekwondo is the basis for “a growing community of the gamified combat sport across Southeast Asia.” This story from AP News provides details, including some of the motivations for and benefits of virtual taekwondo; see the original version of the story for eight more large and vivid images and a 52 second video. –Matthew] [Image: Virtual Taekwondo athletes compete at an event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, June 20, 2026. Credit: AP Photo/Vincent Thian] VR and gaming are adding a kick to taekwondo By Eileen NgJuly 7, 2026 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) —…

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  • Call: 2027 Mid-Atlantic Alt.Ctrl Symposium

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    Call for Submissions: 2027 Mid-Atlantic Alt.Ctrl Symposium (MAACS 2027)January 5, 2027National Harbor, Maryland, USAhttps://maacs.net/call-for-participation/ Deadline for submission of extended abstracts: September 4, 2026 The 2027 Mid-Atlantic Alt.Ctrl Symposium (MAACS 2027) seeks abstract submissions for the inaugural MAACS event to be held on January 5, 2027 in National Harbor, MD, USA. This event will be a meeting place for designers, developers, artists, and researchers working with alternative game controllers and playful installations to meet and share practices, findings, and discussions relevant to their work. We welcome contributions from individuals and groups from all backgrounds and all related disciplines. — MAACS is…

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  • AI “actress” Tilly Norwood to lead new movie

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    [The news that AI-generated actress Tilly Norwood will star in a feature film (as an AI-generated character) is receiving wide coverage in the press, including this report from Variety. Following that below I’ve added presence-related excerpts from a few stories in other publications, and from a recent interview with the Tilly Norwood in the New York Times Magazine (the interviewer gives an insightful assessment of why the actress evokes her medium-as-social-actor presence). –Matthew] Tilly Norwood to Lead New Movie ‘Misaligned,’ Marking Feature Debut for AI ‘Actor’ By Alex RitmanJuly 6, 2026 Tilly Norwood, the AI “actor” who sparked a frenzy…

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  • Call: Ethics of AI special issue

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    Call for Papers: Special Issue on the Ethics of Artificial IntelligenceFor the Journal Ethics & Bioethics (in Central Europe)https://reference-global.com/journal/EBCE?tab=announcements#journal-tabs Deadline for submission of abstracts: September 30, 2026 We are pleased to announce a special issue of Ethics & Bioethics (in Central Europe) dedicated to the ethical, philosophical, social, and political implications of artificial intelligence (AI), scheduled for publication in June 2027. Artificial intelligence has rapidly become one of the most transformative technologies of the twenty-first century. AI systems increasingly shape decision-making processes in healthcare, education, governance, employment, communication, security, science, and everyday social interaction. At the same time, the development…

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  • Noro’s next gen telepresence tech

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    [High-end technologies designed to evoke spatial and social presence have come a long way in the last few decades, as can be seen in this story from AV Magazine about the latest products from the company Noro. See the original version of the story for two more pictures, follow the links at the end for videos of the latest tech, and for more details visit the Noro website. –Matthew] Is Tommaso Trionfi taking the next turn in telepresence? The CEO of Noro and his team are combining an LED wall with an embedded central camera, companion touchscreen, collaboration tools and…

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  • Call: 2026 Imagining Creative Worlds Online Symposium

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    Call for Papers: 2026 Imagining Creative WorldsOnline symposium in the Common Ground Imagining Futures SeriesNovember 11-12, 2026https://artsinsociety.com/online-symposium/2026-call-for-papers Deadline for submissions of proposals: October 11, 2026Deadline for applications for Emerging Scholars Award: August 11, 2026 We invite proposals for 2026 Imagining Creative Worlds, an annual online symposium in the Common Ground Imagining Futures Series,, taking place 11–12 November 2026. The symposium brings together scholars, researchers, artists, designers, educators, publishers, museum professionals, media makers, and cultural practitioners working across creative fields and practices. We welcome proposals that explore how creative worlds are made, shared, interpreted, circulated, and transformed.…

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  • Virtual Experience Research Accelerator (VERA) begins improving VR research

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    [The ambitious Virtual Experience Research Accelerator (VERA) project was created to advance human-subjects research on extended reality; in this news release via the University of Central Florida, VERA announces two new milestones toward that goal. See the original version for three more images, and a May 2023 ISPR Presence News post for more context. There’s much more information on the VERA website. –Matthew] UCF-Led VERA Project Reaches 2 Major Milestones for VR Research The Virtual Experience Research Accelerator (VERA), a U.S. National Science Foundation-funded platform designed to advance the pace and scope of immersive research, has launched its first large-scale…

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  • Call: AI and Psychology of Spirituality in an Ever-changing World

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    Call for Papers: Artificial Intelligence and Psychology of Spirituality in an Ever-changing World: Challenges and OpportunitiesSpecial issue of the Springer journal Pastoral Psychologyhttps://link.springer.com/collections/gehdiffffa Deadline for submissions: Ongoing We all are living in a polarized, chaotic, and ever-changing world and people value the pursuit of wealth, dominance, and power in uncertain, unpredictable, and unstable situations. Spirituality plays a vital role for living with the impermanence and adversities of life and sustains our eudaimonic well-being. In Pargament’s spirituality-centred model (1999), spirituality has a unique focus on the domain of the sacred, which can give value and meaning to existence. Furthermore, spiritual exercises…

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  • Charter school buys humanoid robots to help students learn

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    [In what is apparently a world first, a charter school in San Diego, California has purchased two AI-powered humanoid robots to interact with students. It’s “part of a pilot program meant to help [the educators] figure out what role AI – and potentially robots – may play in the future of education.” Of course there are some serious concerns about the effort, including the priorities represented by the high cost of the robots and fears about the possibility of technology being used to replace human teachers. This report from Voice of San Diego describes the early days of the program…

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