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Month: March 2010

  • Call: Informal London event: Games, play, embodiment and the Wii

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    Games, play, embodiment and the Wii London Knowledge Lab Institute of Education, University of London 23-29 Emerald St. London WC1N 3QS Thursday, 20th of May, 4 – 6 pm Free to attend RSVP to Diane Carr  d.carr@ioe.ac.uk Games theorist Bart Simon (Concordia University) is visiting the UK during May. Bart’s current work involves researching and theorising aspects of bodies, gesture, play and the Wii. Andrew Burn and Jenn Sheridan from the IOE are part of a team working on an AHRC funded project, ‘Playgrounds’, which involves thinking about some of these same issues. At this informal event Andrew, Jenn and…

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  • Cisco Telepresence debuts on MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show”

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    [From Beet.TV (“The root to the media revolution”); the story features a 2 minute interview segment] Thursday, March 25, 2010 Cisco “Live” on MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show” in Broadcast Debut NEW YORK — Cisco Systems, which has a big* video teleconference business with a product called TelePresence, is entering the broadcast world with the MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, who is using the system to conduct remote interviews. Unlike most conventional remote interview set-ups where a guest listens to questions in a an earphone, the TelePresence system displays both participants on large screens without latency between speakers, creating a virtual face-to-face conversation…

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  • Call: Interactive Technologies and Games: Education, Health and Disability

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    Interactive Technologies and Games: Education, Health and Disability Nottingham Trent University 26th and 27th October Call for papers The aim of the conference is to bring together academics and practitioners working with interactive technologies to explore and innovate within the areas of Education, Health and Disability. We have a particular focus on the use of gaming hardware and software to implement accessible solutions, interaction design using new input/output devices and the increasing impact of ubiquitous computing on our everyday well being.…

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  • Dancers trick the eye in virtual reality

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    [From NJ.com; more information is here] Dancers trick the eye in virtual reality By Robert Johnson/The Star-Ledger March 26, 2010 NEW YORK — Cult status surely awaits choreographers Myrna Packer and Art Bridgman, a playful couple of dance artists who have parlayed their familiarity with video technology into a reputation for dazzling illusionism. “Under the Skin,” their wildly imaginative piece from 2005, returned on Wednesday at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, joined by the premiere of “Double Expose,” an even more elaborate adventure into virtual reality that is sure to delight their fans. With the help of videographers Peter Bobrow and…

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  • Call: European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2010: Caring technology for the future

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    European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2010 the 28th Conference of the European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics (EACE) in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI 24-27 August 2010, Delft, The Netherlands. (http://ecce2010.tudelft.nl/) Caring technology for the future Call for Participation – Papers, Posters and Doctoral Consortium ECCE 2010 aims to provide an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to exchange new ideas and practical experience in all areas of cognitive ergonomics. By presenting and discussing innovative research, ECCE 2010 participants will explore knowledge and research areas in cognitive ergonomics with the aim of developing and enhancing the relationship between cognitive sciences and technical information…

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  • Venuegen’s virtual meetings

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    [From CNET’s Rafe’s Radar blog; a 5 minute video from DEMO 2010 is here] March 21, 2010 Don’t laugh, Venuegen’s virtual meetings can work by Rafe Needleman My co-workers will attest to the fact that when I started reading the materials about Venuegen‘s virtual-meeting-room service, I audibly groaned. I’ve had enough of companies trying to make meetings work in Second Life-ish virtual worlds. It’s too cute an idea for too serious a need. Or so I’ve always thought. A demo of the service, which is being unveiled at the Demo conference Monday, opened my eyes a bit. Built on a…

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  • Call: Second International Working Conference on Human Factors and Computational Models in Negotiation (HuCom 2010 @ GDN)

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    CALL FOR PAPERS Second International Working Conference on Human Factors and Computational Models in Negotiation (HuCom 2010 @ GDN) June 21 – 24, 2010, Delft, The Netherlands http://mmi.tudelft.nl/HuCom10/ IMPORTANT DATES: April 1, 2010: Paper Submissions Due April 16, 2010: Notification of paper acceptance/rejection May 1, 2010: Camera-ready copies of accepted papers June 21 – 24, 2010: Working Conference on Human Factors and Computational Models in Negotiation PUBLICATION: We are pleased to solicit original and unpublished papers for publication and presentation in the Working Conference on Human Factors and Computational Models in Negotiation. Articles describing novel ideas and applications in all…

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  • Cisco Talks Telepresence Direction

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    [From InformationWeek] Down To Business: Cisco Talks Telepresence Direction Cisco coined the term and raised market awareness. Now it’s looking to drive adoption into wholly new areas. By Rob Preston InformationWeek March 24, 2010 Cisco coined “telepresence” five years ago to describe its vision for super-high-quality videoconferencing, and as a mark of its success the term is now the industry norm. Rivals Hewlett-Packard, Polycom, LifeSize Communications, Teliris, Huawei Technologies, and even lower-end providers like Vidyo have adopted the Cisco label. I sat down yesterday with Chuck Stucki, VP and general manager of Cisco’s TelePresence Systems unit, to discuss the present…

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  • Call: Willow Garage to give away 10 PR2 open-source robots

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    Call for Proposals: Willow Grove PR2 Beta Program Willow Garage invites proposals from research organizations interested in using the PR2 to accelerate robotics research, drive open source robotics development, and contribute to the open source robotics community. Approximately ten PR2s will be made available to research organizations that will make rigorous and creative use of the robot in existing or planned research projects.…

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  • Telepresence robot at elementary school’s career day presentation

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    [From Singularity Hub (“The Future Is Here Today…Robots, Genetics, AI, Longevity, Singularity”)]   Willow Garage Shares Specs for TeleRobot, Takes It To Show and Tell at School March 14th, 2010 by Aaron Saenz Wouldn’t you have loved to be the kid who brought a real life working robot to school for show and tell? Willow Garage delighted students at a Cupertino, California elementary school for their “Discovery Day” – an opportunity for children to learn about local careers – by sending one of their new telepresence robots (the Texai) to make a presentation. Among the firefighters, doctors, and business executives…

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  • Call: International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD) Student Think Tank

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    International Conference on Auditory Display Student Think Tank The Student Think Tank is a full day meeting for students doing, Doctoral or Masters projects in auditory display. It will be held on June 9, two days before the ICAD 2010 coonference in Washington, DC. It will be free of charge for all participants and refreshments will be provided throughout the day. The Think Tank is your chance to set a whole roomful of auditory researchers to work on your particular research issue, to help you chose which method, tool or technique to use, to save you from heading down a…

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  • Nintendo announces 3D DS with rumble, moton control

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    [From PC World’s Game On blog] 3D Nintendo DS Rumble, Motion Control Specs Emerge Matt Peckham Mar 23, 2010 6:30 pm Nintendo says it’ll release a 3D version of its DS handheld gaming portable. We learned that much from Nintendo’s official press teaser this morning. But according to Japanese newshound Adriansang, several mainstream Japanese sources are weighing in with claims of tantalizing supplemental specs.…

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