Call For Papers
IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications
Special Issue on Practical Virtual Reality Technologies and Applications

Final submissions due:  1 Jan. 2015
Publication date:  1 Sep. 2015

VR research received much attention in the ’80s. It then became quiet for many years owing to the expensive hardware, including sensing, rendering, and display equipment. It has been receiving more attention since 2000 owing to the availability of inexpensive graphics cards and sensors, and the popularity of applications in such areas as gaming and virtual worlds. Recently, many augmented-reality applications have been developed, exploiting the popularity of mobile devices, which contain cameras and various sensors.

For this special issue, we solicit papers describing practical VR technologies or systems that have explicit applications. We’re particularly interested in technologies and systems for use in the mobile environment. Topics of interests include, but aren’t limited to,

• computer graphics techniques for VR,
• real-time rendering,
• real-time animation,
• mobile technologies for VR,
• gaming and real-time entertainment,
• interactive social worlds,
• augmented VR, and
• telepresence.

Call for Papers

20th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2015)
Emerging Experiences in the Past, Present, and Future of Digital Architecture
May 20-23, 2015
Kyungpook National University (KNU),
Daegu, Republic of Korea

http://www.caadria2015.org

500-Word Abstract Due September 26, 2014

The adoption of computational processes in architecture has transformed the way we think, design and make, thereby enhancing our understanding, skills and performance in architectural design and research. Since 1996, CAADRIA has contributed to the exchange of information relating to studies and technologies in architecture and design by promoting dialogue, collaboration, and the dissemination of information among leading researchers and practitioners in the field of digital architecture. CAADRIA 2015 celebrates the twenty-year history of CAADRIA with the theme, “Emerging Experiences in the Past, Present, and Future of Digital Architecture”.

The concept of emerging experience originated from the field of Human–Computer Interaction (HCI), and means ‘novel computer interaction and experience’.… read more. “Call: CAADRIA 2015 – “Emerging Experiences in the Past, Present, and Future of Digital Architecture””

Game Idea Jam for Sport and Exertion Games
at CHI PLAY 2014 – The ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
http://chiplay.org

SUBMISSION DEADLINE:  August 15th, 2014
NOTIFICATION:  September 1st, 2014

http://workshops.icts.sbg.ac.at/chiplay2014

IDEA

Physical inactivity is one of the greatest public health problems of our century increasing the risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, or specific cancers. The Game Idea Jam brings together game researchers and practitioners in the fields of human-computer interaction, game development, interaction design, instructional design, etc. to collaborate and develop ideas for sports and exertion games that combat physical activity.

The aim of the Game Idea Jam is to:

• Enable game researchers and practitioners with and without development skills to participate.
• Explore jamming through a practice-based collaboration between game researchers and practitioners.
• Develop creative ideas for sport or exertion games combating physical inactivity.

Panel: Spaces of Play: Geographies and Cartographies of Games and Gaming
Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) 2015
Montreal, March 25-29, 2015

Deadline: August 15th, 2014

The field of virtual geography and game mapping is as expansive and multifaceted as virtual worlds themselves. The history of games is rife with histories of the ways in which players explore them, from mazes and dungeons to descriptive spaces in text adventures. Game spaces invite both detailed route‐planning and virtual dérives reminiscent of filmic city symphonies like Vertov’s Man with a Movie Camera, while the criticism orbiting game worlds ranges from fan practices like screen-stitching to commercial designs of massive online spaces. This panel will build upon the rich foundations of game geography research, spatial theory, and virtual cartography. We invite abstract proposals for papers that address and expand upon work being done on the following topics:… read more. “Call: “Spaces of Play: Geographies and Cartographies of Games and Gaming” panel at SCMS 2015”

About IE2014 – Fun and Games

Interactive Entertainment is Australasia’s longest running games and digital entertainment conference. IE2014 marks the 10th anniversary of the conference which is hosted this year by the University of Newcastle, Australia.

IE2014 welcomes scientists, designers, artists, technicians, students, industry and academics from across the spectrum. We encourage contributions from fields as diverse as computer science, social science, design, communication, media studies, music, engineering, health and mathematics. Anyone interested in the myriad of technologies and issues that impact on interactive entertainment and computer games are encouraged to come along and share their discipline’s perspective on “Fun and Games”.

All papers are peer reviewed and will be published in the conference proceedings. For more detailed information about topics covered by the conference, submitting a paper and registration see the Call for papers, Submission and Registration.

Further Information about the Venue, Accommodation and Travel are also available on this site.… read more. “Call: Interactive Entertainment 2014 – Fun and Games”