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Month: December 2012

  • Call: Fourth International Conference on the Image

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    18-19 October 2013: FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE IMAGE, Chicago, USA Deadline (abstracts): December 6, 2012 On behalf of the International Advisory Board, I am pleased to announce the Call for Papers and Call for Work for the Fourth International Conference on the Image and the Call for Submissions to the peer-reviewed International Journal of the Image. The Image Conference will be held 18-19 October 2013 in Chicago, USA. The Image Conference is a forum at which participants will interrogate the nature and functions of image-making and images. The conference has a cross-disciplinary focus, bringing together researchers, teachers and practitioners…

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  • Video conferencing market trends include decline in large room-based systems

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    [From eWeek] Cisco Still Leads Slowing Video Conferencing Market: IDC Revenues in the space fell 4.8 percent in the third quarter, hindered by a weak global economy and a drop in sales of high-end telepresence systems. By Jeffrey Burt  |  Posted 2012-11-30 The worldwide video conferencing market is continuing to struggle in the face of an uncertain global economy and slowing sales of expensive, high-end immersive telepresence systems, according to analysts with market research firm IDC. IDC’s third-quarter numbers, reported Nov. 29, show a trend that has continued throughout the year, as the shift in enterprise video conferencing has been…

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  • Call: Narrative Minds and Virtual Worlds conference

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    Call for Papers, abstract deadline January 31st, 2013 Narrative Minds and Virtual Worlds Tampere, Finland, May 21st and 22nd 2013 Keynote speakers: Marie-Laure Ryan (author of Possible Worlds, Artificial Intelligence and Narrative Theory [1991], Narrative as Virtual Reality [2001] and Avatars of Story [2006]; editor of Cyberspace Textuality [1999] and Narrative across Media [2004]) Jarmila Mildorf (author of Storying Domestic Violence [2007]; editor of Magic, Science, Technology, and Literature [2006] and Imaginary Dialogues in English [2011]) The postclassical turn in narratology has led to 1) a new emphasis on minds, both fictional and interpretative, and 2) the theoretical discovery of…

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  • Life telepresent: Working vicariously through the Beam robot

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    [From The Verge, where the story includes a video and more images] Life telepresent: Working vicariously through the Beam robot By Paul Miller on November 7, 2012 Last week I took a trip to Willow Garage in the heart of Silicon Valley. It’s not a hard place to find, and I was on time for my 11AM appointment. Just one problem: I was supposed to be at Suitable Technologies at 11AM, not Willow. Suitable is a recent spinoff of Willow Garage, which might explain my confusion. In fact, as I stood befuddled at Willow’s reception desk, I was greeted by Scott…

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