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Month: March 2014

  • Call: Audio Technologies for Music and Media 3rd International Conference (ATMM 2014)

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    Call For Papers ATMM 2014 – Audio Technologies for Music and Media 3rd International Conference 6 – 7 November 2014, Bilkent University Ankara, Turkey http://www.atmm-conference.org Audio Technologies for Music and Media (ATMM) is an international interdisciplinary conference that focuses on the various aspects of audio, audiovisual and music technologies for music and media, and, also, on the relationship between sound, music and image in both ‘traditional’ and ‘new’ media. 3rd ATMM International Conference will be hosted by the Department of Communication and Design, and will take place on 6 – 7 November 2014 at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. Former keynote…

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  • Is that a person — or a painting?

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    [From HLN, where the story includes a 1:54 minute video; more pictures of the artist’s work are available on her web site and at Daily Geek Show] Is that a person — or a painting? NEED TO KNOW Artist Alexa Meade brings paintings to life by painting directly on her subjects Find out why her artwork went viral in ‘There’s No Business Like Small Business’ By Natalie Angley Wed March 05, 2014 A California artist is turning people into paintings — literally. Alexa Meade, 27, skips the canvas in her artwork. When she paints a portrait, she paints directly on…

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  • Call: 7th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS 2014)

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    ICIDS 2014: Call for Papers The 7th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS 2014) 3-6 November 2014, Singapore View this call online at: http://narrativeandplay.org/icids2014/call.html Submission deadline: 16 June 2014 The International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS) is the premier venue for researchers, practitioners and theorists to present recent results, share novel techniques and insights, and exchange ideas about this new storytelling medium. Interactive digital storytelling is an exciting area in which narrative, computer science and art converge to create new expressive forms. The combination of narrative and computation has considerable untapped potential, ranging from artistic projects to interactive…

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  • Her: Could you ever fall in love with a computer?

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    [From The Telegraph, where the story includes more images and two videos] Her: Could you ever fall in love with a computer? Spike Jonze’s Her, in which a man falls in love with his computer, was awarded Best Original Screenplay at last night’s Academy Awards. The concept may seem laughable, but advances in artificial intelligence are bringing us closer to our machines than ever before, says Rhiannon Williams By Rhiannon Williams 03 Mar 2014 When I was a teenager, my friends and I used to hold conversations with a robot. Or to be precise, a chatterbot, a computer programme specifically…

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  • Call: DiGRA Students present Ludodemia database

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    [From the blog of DiGRA Students, the student members of the Digital Games Research Assocation (DiGRA); note that the database contains a category “Presence, Engagement, and Immersion” with six sub-categories] DiGRA Students is proud to present our latest endeavor: Ludodemia. What is Ludodemia? Ludodemia is a database for game studies research organized by topic. This database was originally created by the Wellcome Trust as a resource for finding important articles related to particular categories within game studies. However, this resource was hidden in a corner of the Internet that was nearly impossible to find and the organization of the information…

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  • Meet the man behind the holodeck

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    [From StarTrek.com, where the story includes more images and a video; part 2 of the interview is here] Meet The Man Behind The Holodeck, Part 1 By StarTrek.com Staff – March 11, 2014 Here’s a trivia question for you. Who put the idea of the holodeck into the mind of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry? Here’s another one for you: Who invented the very first LCD projector? And one more: Who interacted in the ultimate fanboy video with DeForest Kelley, George Takei, Walter Koenig, James Doohan and Nichelle Nichols, which included an introduction by Roddenberry? The answers are one and…

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  • Call: Philosophy of Engineering and Artifact in the Digital Era (PHEADE) 7th Conference

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    Call For Papers: Philosophy of Engineering and Artifact in the Digital Era (PHEADE) 7th PHEADE Conference Conference’s theme: Ethics and Predictions of the Future of Technology. Technoethics in the Age of Surprise http://www.pheade.ro/2014/ Tracks: Humanism, Technology and Spirituality Ethics of Research in the Age of Surprise Religion on the Future of the Human Being in the Emerging Technologies Era Convergences & Divergences in the Ethics of Technology (Technoethics) Knowledge & Responsibility We welcome suggestions for further topics, not included in the above list. Place: Online community & Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth (Pune, India) – Graduate Students Building Time: December 19-21 2014 (changed…

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  • ERWIN (Emotional Robot with Intelligent Network) to help scientists understand human-android relationships

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    [From the University of Lincoln; two videos are available from ITV] It’s ERWIN the friendly robot 6th February 2014 Marie Daniels – PR Officer A ‘friendly robot’ called ERWIN will be used to help scientists understand how more realistic long-term relationships might be developed between humans and androids. ERWIN (Emotional Robot with Intelligent Network) is the brainchild of Dr John Murray, from the School of Computer Science, University of Lincoln, UK. It is now being used as part of a PhD study to find out how some of the human-like thought biases in robot characteristics affect the human-robot relationship.…

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  • Call: First workshop on Empathic Television Experiences (EmpaTeX 2014, part of ACM TVX 2014)

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    Call for Papers: First workshop on Empathic Television Experiences (EmpaTeX 2014, empatex2014.org), part of ACM TVX 2014 (tvx2014.com) Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, June 25th, 2014 Deadlines Submission deadline:  March 23 2014 Notification Deadline:  April 20th 2014 Camera-ready deadline:  April 27th 2014 Workshop:  June 25th 2014 Call for Papers Personalized TV/media experiences are becoming mainstream. Recommender systems and other personalization technology are frequently included in television sets and second screen applications. Current systems lack one major ability: to be empathic, to take appropriate actions based on intentions, emotions or mood of persons in front of the TV. This workshop has two major goals:…

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  • Betting on VR, EA CEO says it may be the fourth ‘modality’ of gaming

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    [From Tech Times] [Image: EA is considering working on virtual reality gaming. CEO Andrew Wilson says VR gaming may be the fourth “modality” of gaming. (Photo: Eliot Lash)] EA bets big on virtual reality games but when can we expect them? By Alex Saltarin, Tech Times | March 11, 2014 At the Las Vegas CES last January, we’ve seen a taste of what’s to come with the latest incarnation of the Oculus Rift. At the South by Southwest (SXSW) show in Austin, EA’s CEO hinted that the company is also exploring what it can do to virtual reality gaming.…

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  • Call: Fifth International Conference on the Image

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    Call for Papers & Work: Fifth International Conference on the Image Freie Universität Berlin Berlin, Germany 29-30 October 2014 http://ontheimage.com/the-conference/call-for-papers Conference Focus We are inviting proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, or colloquia (See Proposal Types) addressing the Image through one of the following themes: The Form of the Image Image Work The Image in Society 2014 Featured Theme: The Representation of Possibility: Understanding Change and Continuity through the Image Proposal ideas that extend beyond these thematic areas will also be considered. For more information about the ideas and themes underlying this community, see Our Focus. We also offer…

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  • VR system lets you explore your brain in real-time

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    [From LiveScience] [Image: Philip Rosedale, creator of the game Second Life, and Adam Gazzaley, a neuroscientist at the University of California San Francisco, demonstrated their “glass brain” here at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive festival on March 10, 2014. Here, the interior of Rosedale’s wife’s brain in real-time on a projector screen. Credit: Tanya Lewis for Live Science] Virtual Reality System Lets You Explore Your Brain in Real-Time By Tanya Lewis, Staff Writer  |  Updated March 11, 2014 AUSTIN, Texas — What if it were possible to explore your brain in virtual reality, watching your thoughts flashing before your…

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