CALL FOR PAPERS

The 21st International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT 2011)

November 28-30, 2011
Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
http://www.ic-at.org/2011/

Sponsored by Virtual Reality Society of Japan

Important dates:

• Paper Submission Dead-line: August 10, 2011
• Acceptance Notification: September 30, 2011
• ICAT 2011 Conference: November 28-30, 2011

ICAT is the oldest international conference on Virtual Reality and Telexistence. The organizing committee cordially invites you to submit your technical work and experimental results in Virtual Reality science and technology to this conference.

ICAT 2011 will not only look for innovations in the VR technology itself, but also exploring novel ways to transfer and express information and creative ideas to the society and people. ICAT 2011 will run technical sessions covering conventional VR areas and new emerging areas with a lineup of plenary sessions, invited talks, tutorials, workshops and VR technology/art exhibitions.… read more. “Call: 21st International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT 2011)”

Haptics in Surgical Robotics
Istanbul, June 21st, 2011

Abstract: Surgeons’ hands are their main tools. They intuitively process both visual and haptic senses to perform a surgery. Yet, in robotic surgery, the use of a teleoperated system removes the direct contact of hands with tissues and thus, diminishes the sense of touch. Although 3D stereoscopic vision and enhanced dexterity are fully exploited in this field, the tremendous potential of haptic feedback has been confined to research activities. Up to now, the essential role of haptic feedback has not been fully recognized by the medical community since its benefits have not been demonstrated for clinical use due to the technical challenges. This half‐day workshop aims at discussing these issues by bringing together surgeons, developers and research engineers with a strong experience of robotic surgery. First, we will identify the role of haptics in robotic surgery guided by medical needs.… read more. “Call: Haptics in Surgical Robotics workshop”

Track “Virtual Realities and Gaming”
at MKWI 2012 (Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik [European Conference on Computer Science])
Braunschweig, Germany

Deadline: 15^th of September 2011

Background: In recent years virtual realities and computer games have attracted the attention of media and academics alike. The technological framework of virtual realities is constituted of 3D-based interaction, avatars and voice-over-IP, which surpass the richness and interactivity of existing web applications by far. The enhanced interactivity and social presence promote a sense of immersion, i.e. the feeling of “being there together”. The application of virtual realities has also found growing usage in the business context (f.i. within IBM and HP), where it can help fostering innovation. Furthermore, companies increasingly acknowledge the value of games and game mechanics to achieve positive effects such as an enhanced motivation of participation and creativity.

Computer games and virtual realities introduce a whole new field of research and a variety of research questions to the Information Systems Research.… read more. “Call: “Virtual Realities and Gaming” track at MKWI 2012 (Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik)”

Call for Papers

Ubi-MUI2011: International ACM Workshop on Ubiquitous Meta User Interfaces
http://www.dai-labor.de/Ubi-MUI2011/

In conjunction with
ACM Multimedia 2011, Scottsdale, Arizona, US, Nov 28 – Dec 1
http://www.acmmm11.org/

Intelligent Environments have the vision of enhancing our everyday environment and interaction with its objects by sensing, computing, and communication capabilities. Major characteristics of such environments are the increasing number of intelligent devices (ubiquity), their complexity, and their integration into the background (transparency). Devices will disappear or blend into the background and will be invisible to the user. However, because of this transparency, users fail to develop an adequate mental model for interaction with such environments. To overcome these challenges, new types of user interfaces are required that will represent intelligent environments. Such representative user interfaces create an overall system image for intelligent environments in order to help users to better understand the intelligent environment.… read more. “Call: Ubi-MUI2011: International ACM Workshop on Ubiquitous Meta User Interfaces”

North American Simulation and Gaming Association (NASAGA) 2011 Conference
The Spirit of the Past, Present, and Future of Learning!

October 5, 2011 Pre-Conference
October 6-8, 2011 Conference

Valley Forge Convention Center, Radisson Hotel
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

From the GAMESNETWORK listserv:

The North American Simulation and Gaming Association (NASAGA) has posted their call for proposals for their 2011 conference (early Oct. in Valley Forge, PA).

This is a group of educators, corporate trainers, and other folks who use games and simulations to teach or train.  It is a conference focused more on the practical side and less on the research side of using training games and simulation.

I’ve been the last few years, as I find it gives a different perspective on using games than we see in our research conferences.  Sessions are all interactive, and you engage with these training/teaching games and simulations from different domains. … read more. “Call: North American Simulation and Gaming Association (NASAGA) 2011 Conference”