Call for Papers
“Arts, Aesthetics, and Performance in VR and Telepresence”
Special Issue of Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments
Guest Editors:
Myounghoon “Philart” Jeon (Michigan Tech)
Paul Fishwick (University of Texas at Dallas)
Submission deadline: November 1, 2016
SCOPE
Art and technology have a similar origin, and until the 17th century were not differentiated from each other (the Latin word “ars” – art – included crafts and sciences). Since then, they have diverged, but with the rapid technological advancement of the current era, art and technology have begun to be reintegrated. Recently, the application of computing to aesthetics (or “art and design”) has proliferated. Thanks to new technologies, we can expand the perceptual experiences of our existing senses and can even create novel perceptual dimensions that have never been imagined – new presence. Conversely, computing and technology can be influenced by arts and aesthetics, in what we call “aesthetic computing”.… read more. “Call: “Arts, Aesthetics, and Performance in VR and Telepresence” – Special issue of Presence”