The Art and Science of Large-Scale Immersive Environments: Merging Cyberspace with Real Spaces Come join LA SIGGRAPH and the LA Video Artists Wednesday, June 1, at the Vortex Dome at the Los Angeles Center Studios. http://la.siggraph.org/events/title/large-scale-immersive-environments DESCRIPTION The explosion of consumer virtual reality is driving a new wave of innovation in 360 video and real-time interactive environments. Video artists can project these environments into physical spaces using spatial augmented reality techniques. This special evening event, produced by LA’s ACM SIGGRAPH chapter in cooperation with LAVA (Los Angeles Video Artists), focuses on large-scale video art including 360 video, projection mapping and…

Call for Papers Workshop on Autonomous Everyday Objects: Exploring Actuation in Ubiquitous Devices At the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2016) Heidelberg, Germany, September 12-16, http://ubicomp.org/ubicomp2016/ Deadline: June 7, 2016 for papers that will be included in the ACM DL Deadline: June 21, 2016 for papers that will not be included in the ACM DL This one-day workshop will be held as part of the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp) in Heidelberg, Germany from Sep. 12-16, 2016. Since the earliest explorations of mechanical devices, technologists have used movement…

CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS International Journal for Digital Art History Issue 3: Disruptions and Genealogies of the Digital in Architecture Submission deadline: August, 15 In the realm of Digital Art History, architecture represents a broad field in which the use of various computational methods provide extraordinary tools not only for architects but also for art historians and information scientists. Art historians use computers to reconstruct historical architecture through 3D renderings and to document listed buildings and structures using video drones to gather visual data for research and conservation. Architects, on the other hand, look back on a long history of integrating…

Call for papers to a Special Issue of Human Technology: Designing Interactive Systems for Work Engagement Deadline: 31st May 2016 Submission: humantechnologypublishing.jyu.fi Today, experiential aspects are considered when designing ICT based solutions for consumer markets. Surprisingly, however, when interactive solutions and tools for work contexts are being designed, the experiential aspects often are not considered in the design process (Lu & Roto, 2015). Work tools, which are used to accomplish work-related tasks, can contribute to work satisfaction and work engagement, as well as to general well-being on the job. Similarly, interactive technologies and solutions beyond work tools that support well-being…

CALL FOR RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS ACE 2016 13th Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology Conference Osaka, Japan 9-12 November, 2016 ace2016.net Submissions due by: 27 May 2016 ACE has become one of the leading scientific forums for dissemination of cutting-edge research results in the area of entertainment computing. Interactive entertainment is one of the most vibrant areas of interest in modern society and is amongst the fastest growing industries in the world. ACE 2016 will bring together leading researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to present their innovative work and discuss all aspects and challenges of interactive entertainment technology, in an…

Call for Papers Second International Congress on Love and Sex with Robots London, UK 19-20 December 2016 http://loveandsexwithrobots.org/ Within the fields of Human-Computer Interaction and Human-Robot Interaction, there has been a strong upsurge of interest in the more personal aspects of human relationships with artificial partners in the last few years. This upsurge has not only been apparent amongst the general public, as evidenced by an increase in coverage in the print media, TV documentaries and feature films, but also within the academic community. The Second International Congress on Love and Sex with Robots is inviting the submission of full…