Month: October 2010


  • Call: European Cities of Advanced Sound (ECAS) Festival as Lab project

    FESTIVAL AS LAB European Cities of Advanced Sound (ECAS) CALL FOR ENTRIES Call for Entries Deadline:  24 October 2010 http://submit.futureeverything.org/ecas-festival-as-lab To launch the new ECAS European festivals network, a Euro 10,000 Commission is available for a new project responding to the theme Festival as Lab. This call for proposals seeks projects which take the form of an experiment, a prototype or a trial in a new type of art object, technology or form of participation. The commissioned project will receive a Euro 5,000 fee, up to Euro 5,000 production costs, plus additional limited staging costs and support. The deadline for…

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  • Elsaco Kolin’s motion-sim racing platform

    [From Hacked Gadgets, where more pictures and video are available] Crazy Racing Simulator by Motion Sim Written by: Alan Parekh October 16, 2010 I’m not much of a gamer but I think this Racing Simulator by Motion Sim could cure me! Have a look at the first video [here] to get an idea of what this system can do. The company that makes it is actually in the industrial automation business so they clearly have a good handle on what is needed to fling around the 300KG that the system is rated to handle.…

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  • Call: “Directions of Realism” – Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference

    “Directions of Realism” – Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference – February 18-19, 2011 A graduate conference sponsored by the Johns Hopkins University Humanities Center, Baltimore, Maryland Is realism a coherent category, or was it ever? Can realism stake out its identity independent of rival categories like naturalism, idealism and expressionism? This conference seeks to explore the various meanings that the term “realism” takes on within and among disciplines like art history, philosophy, literature and film studies, to understand the issues involved in identifying a work or theory as “realist,” and to map out the various trajectories along which realist conceptions have developed…

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  • Treating cockroach phobia with augmented reality

    [From Scientific American] Virtual Revulsion Therapy: Pixelated Pests Help Treat Cockroach Phobia Psychologists have started testing augmented reality as an enhanced form of virtual reality therapy for specific phobias By Ferris Jabr October 9, 2010 For people with katsaridaphobia, or the fear of cockroaches, the common pests are more than nuisances—they are the stuff of nightmares. When some phobics spot one of the skittering beasts they start sobbing uncontrollably, whereas others who have seen them in their homes seriously consider moving. Psychologists can treat such disruptive fears with exposure therapy, in which a therapist gradually presents the feared stimulus to…

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  • Call: SimTecT 2011 – Asia-Pacific Simulation and Training Conference and Exhibition

    SimTecT 2011 Asia-Pacific Simulation and Training Conference and Exhibition Call for Abstracts SimTecT 2011 will be held from Monday 30 May to Thursday 2 June, 2011 at the Melbourne Convention Centre in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The major theme of SimTecT 2011 is “Achieving Excellence in Training and Decision Support through Simulation”. Download the SimTecT 2011 Call For Abstracts / Papers Brochure (607 KB PDF). Topics We are seeking papers specifically addressing your experience in delivering positive outcomes through simulation in two main areas: Training Decision Support We want to explore the extent of what is possible, and what enablers and…

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  • Richard Grunberg conducts research to find sweet spot for 3-D, high-definition

    [From Ryerson University’s The Eyeopener; more information about Professor Grunberg’s work is available here] This ain’t Avatar One Ryerson professor is hoping to refine our 3-D viewing experience for the better, reports Jeff Lagerquist 21 September 2010 Not entirely convinced 3-D is worth your time? That’s something one Ryerson professor is hoping to change. Groundbreaking research at the school’s Digital Cinema and Advanced Visualization Lab could make wearing those embarrassing glasses slightly more enjoyable for movie watchers at home and in theatres. “We’re looking to gauge the responses to 3-D in different forms in order to determine what’s good 3-D and…

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  • Call: International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR 2011)

    FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS: 12th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REHABILITATION ROBOTICS, ICORR 2011 June 29 – July 01, 2011 Zurich, Switzerland http://www.icorr2011.com/ Paper and workshop/tutorial submission date: January 14, 2011 ICORR is a biennial international IEEE conference that highlights the latest results from world leading research labs and clinics in the field of rehabilitation robotics. ICORR 2011 will have a special focus on clinical evaluation and promotion of interaction between engineers, clinicians and therapists. The conference will also include patient and caregiver testimonials as well as sessions about standardization of technology, technology transfer, and assessment tools.…

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  • Macy’s ‘magic mirror’ lets shoppers don virtual clothes

    [From CNN; a 2:23 minute video is available here] Macy’s ‘magic mirror’ lets shoppers don virtual clothes By Doug Gross, CNN October 14, 2010 (CNN) — Macy’s shoppers can now check their look in a “magic mirror” in a fitting room, thanks to touchscreen computing. A large mirror, linked up to a touchscreen tablet computer, lets visitors to the iconic department store chain’s flagship New York location scroll through their options, then digitally “try on” clothes in the mirror.…

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  • Call: The Image Conference 2010

    The Image Conference 2010 The 2010 International Conference on the Image will be held at the University of California in Los Angeles, USA from 2-3 December 2010. We invite prospective participants to submit a presentation proposal for one of the following parallel session options: a 30-minute paper; a 60-minute workshop; a jointly presented 90-minute colloquium session; or a virtual session. We also encourage innovative presentation formats, such as roundtables, staged dialogues, screenings and performances. Parallel sessions are loosely grouped into streams reflecting different perspectives or disciplines. Each stream forms a talking circle, an informal forum for focused discussion of issues…

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  • Gaspar Noe’s “Enter the Void” makes you the main character

    [From The Montreal Mirror; the film’s impressive UK web site is here] COVER: Eyes wide open Gaspar Noé on Enter the Void, his neon-coloured psychosexual journey through Tokyo and the afterlife. by Mark Slutsky October 14, 2010 A lot of movies put you in the lead characters’ shoes. But few directors have the audacity to do what Gaspar Noé set out to accomplish with his new film, Enter the Void. This is a movie that basically makes you, the viewer, the main character. For the first half-hour or so, the protagonist Oscar (played—kinda—by Nathaniel Brown) is seen entirely from behind,…

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  • Call: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA London 2011)

    ELECTRONIC VISUALISATION AND THE ARTS EVA London 2011 Wednesday 6th – Friday 8th July 2011 CALL FOR PROPOSALS www.eva-conferences.com/eva_london We invite proposals for papers, demonstrations or short performances, workshops or panel discussions. A brief summary only is required for the selection process. We require the summary proposal on not more than one page. The title, authors’ name, affiliation and contact details including email address must be shown at the top of the page. This should be submitted electronically to easychair.org, an automated online submission system. You will be asked to create an account with the system before uploading your summary.…

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  • 3D facades: Window shopping in the lie street

    [From the UK’s Daily Mail] Window shopping in the lie street: 3D facades in high street hide dozens of empty shops By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:00 PM on 12th October 2010 Shoppers are getting a vision of the future in one town – and are walking in a  ‘virtual’ world. Fake facades have been put up in 18 shops in Redcar’s high street – along with one ‘virtual’ house. Shops such as the British Heart Foundation, Greggs, KFC and menswear store Greenwoods have been joined by the simulations, which aim to attract business investment to the area.…

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