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Month: October 2010

  • Call: 16th Annual CyberPsychology & CyberTherapy Conference

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    16th Annual CyberPsychology & CyberTherapy Conference Call for Abstracts June 19th – 22nd, 2011 in Gatineau, Canada This year’s theme is: Evidence-Based Clinical Applications of Information Technology This year the Interactive Media Institute (IMI) and Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) are organizing the 16th Annual CyberPsychology and CyberTherapy Conference (CT16), the official conference of the International Association of CyberPsychology, Training, & Rehabilitation (iACToR). IMI and UQO are proud to announce the first call for abstracts CT16. The abstract submission deadline is January 15th, 2011. In addition to two and a half days of scientific presentations, a full day of…

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  • Rachael Ray “Halloween Bash in 3-D” uses new process, marks daytime first

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    [A press release from 3-D Vision; see the 1 minute promotional video here]  World’s First 3-D Broadcast Nationwide for All TVs in Full Color Rachael Ray ground breaking episode “Halloween Bash in 3-D” to be broadcast on Oct 29   New York – October 25, 2010 The Rachael Ray Show, along with 3-D Vision, Inc., (both based in New York), are taking a major step forward in the exploding 3-D TV market. On October 29, “Rach’s Halloween Bash in 3-D” will be broadcast to millions of viewers with 3-D Vision’s revolutionary new 3-D process called “FullColor 3D™”. The Rachael Ray…

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  • Call: IADIS Mobile Learning 2011

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    CALL FOR PAPERS – Deadline for submissions: 29 October 2010 IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MOBILE LEARNING 2011 Avila, Spain, 10 to 12 March 2011 (http://www.mlearning-conf.org/) CONFERENCE BACKGROUND AND GOALS The IADIS Mobile Learning 2011 International Conference seeks to provide a forum for the discussion and presentation of mobile learning research. In particular, but not exclusively, we aim to explore the theme of mobile learning under the following topics: Pedagogical approaches and theories for mobile lifelong learning. For instance, situated, contextual and authentic mobile lifelong learning Social software for mobile learning Gaming, simulations and augmented reality for mobile learning Mobile learning in…

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  • Augmented reality at MoMA and its implications

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    [From The New York Times Editorial Notebook Is That a Dagger I See? By EDUARDO PORTER Published: October 22, 2010 We’ve been waiting a long time for technology to deliver us an alternative reality, like the future in H.G. Wells’s “Time Machine,” Neo’s Matrix, or the universe of code navigated by the “Neuromancer” hacker, Case. The future has arrived, finally — by the prosaic hand of our cellphones. Chances are it will soon be sponsored by laundry detergent or a fast-food chain. Just the other day, my iPhone showed me an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art that most…

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  • Call: CONNECTING the EDGES: An Inter-Continental LiveVibe

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    The world’s first live performance with simultaneous motion capture from three continents will happen this Nov 4th, hosted at the International Digital Media Arts Association Conference 2010, in Vancouver. Live Performers in Japan, Vancouver, New York City and Florida will dance together in the virtual world – you can watch this historic production at In the Same Space at the Same Time. CONNECTING the EDGES: An Inter-Continental LiveVibe Real-time Collaborative Performances between Asia and North America Thursday November 4, 2010 8:00PM EST Created specially for World Premiere at the International Digital Media and Arts Association (IDMAA) 2010 Conference in Vancouver,…

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  • Nestlé Cereals promotion combines real-time motion sensing with stereoscopic 3-D

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    [From VR-News.com] Post Published: 22 October 2010 Dassault Systèmes helps consumers enjoy a virtual reality experience with Nestlé breakfast Cereals Dassault Systèmes creates a video game combining real-time motion sensing with stereoscopic 3-D for Nestlé Breakfast Cereals Following the success of the augmented reality game integrated into Chocapic and Nesquik cereal packs launched in France at the end of 2009, Dassault Systèmes has deployed leading-edge know-how and experiential 3D technologies to support the marketing strategy of Nestlé France Breakfast Cereals with the roll-out of a new immersive virtual reality application  The promotion is timed to coincide with the launch of…

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  • Call: International Conference on Materiality, Memory and Cultural Heritage

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    Materiality, Memory and Cultural Heritage A conference organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, İstanbul Technical University and the Department of Anthropology, Yeditepe University in İstanbul, Turkey on May 25-29, 2011. http://www.materialitymemoryculturalheritage.com/ Keynote Speakers: Ian Hodder (Stanford University) Richard Handler (University of Virginia) Ayfer Bartu Candan (Boğaziçi University) Charles Stewart (University College London) We are organizing a conference on the interrelated themes of memory, materiality and cultural heritage that will appeal to scholars from the fields of archaeology, anthropology and history. We invite papers that particularly address the uses and management of ancient sites, monuments and objects at…

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  • Our undeniable bond with virtual pets

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    [From 1UP.com, where you can find several additional images] Our Undeniable Bond With Virtual Pets How games like EyePet and Kinectimals are changing the cute little face of virtual pet interactions. By Anthony John Agnello Something strange happens to you when you’re playing with the EyePet. After you’ve learned all the different ways you can interact with Sony’s cuddly little beast — you’ve fed the blighter, cleaned him, fed him, taught him how to conjure an airplane out of thin air by drawing it in his magic notebook — you start to wonder if there’s any real reason to continue…

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  • Call: SKILLS European Project (IST, Multimodal Interfaces) conference

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    Dear Colleague, The EuroMov center at Montpellier-1 University in the south of France organizes a special conference in December 2011: SKILLS is the international conference of the SKILLS European Project (IST, Multimodal Interfaces, 2007-2011). It addresses fundamental and translational issues related to the acquisition, storage, maintenance and transfer of human skills using multimodal technologies such as virtual and augmented realities, human-machine interfaces, interaction design, and robotic systems. SKILLS aims at introducing a novel approach to technology-assisted skill acquisition or rehabilitation based on enactive and direct interaction between learner and technology. Perception-action and cognitive accelerators embedded in specific training protocols are…

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  • On the threshold of the avatar era

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    [From The Wall Street Journal] ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT OCTOBER 23, 2010 On the Threshold of the Avatar Era By JARON LANIER In a garage in Palo Alto, Calif., in the 1980s, some friends and I were the first humans to experience becoming avatars—that is, movable representations of ourselves in cyberspace. Amazingly, all these years later, almost no one else has been able to experience a hint of what will be one of the great cognitive adventures of this century. It has been possible for some years for visitors to theme parks to try out virtual-reality “rides,” but these don’t capture…

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  • Call: Robots and Representation: Emerging Issues in Gender, Technology, Design and Culture

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    October 21, 2010 News Release WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The role of gender in technology, especially robots, will be highlighted during a one-day symposium, art exhibition and film screening at Purdue University. “Robots and Representation: Emerging Issues in Gender, Technology, Design and Culture” is Nov. 5 in the Discovery Learning Research Center. “As engineering and technological advancements make humanoid robots in our everyday lives a reality, rather than science fiction, we want to better understand the role that gender plays in the design of actual robots,” said Shannon C. McMullen, an assistant professor of visual and performing arts and one…

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  • A soldier watches the birth of his daughter from thousands of miles away

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    [From Salt Lake City’s Deseret News] [Image: Cecilia Rea kisses her newborn baby Amelie while talking with her husband Senior Airman Geiber Rea through Skype while he is in Afgahnistan in American Fork Wednesday.] A soldier watches the birth of his daughter from thousands of miles away Published: Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010 AMERICAN FORK — Geiber Rea soothed and encouraged his wife Cecilia throughout an induced labor Tuesday at American Fork Hospital. From his perch at her bedside he witnessed the strain in her eyes and beaded perspiration on her forehead as she pushed the couple’s second daughter out into…

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