Month: November 2017


  • Call: The Science of Consciousness (TSC) Conference 2018

    Call for Abstracts and Pre-Registration ‘The Science of Consciousness’ Conference April 2-7, 2018 Loews Ventana Canyon Resort – Tucson, Arizona http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/ General Conference Abstracts Deadline: December 15 The Science of Consciousness (‘TSC’) is an interdisciplinary conference emphasizing broad and rigorous approaches to all aspects of the study and understanding of conscious awareness. Topical areas include neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, biology, quantum physics, meditation, altered states, machine consciousness, the nature of reality, culture and experiential phenomenology. Held annually since 1994, the conference is hosted by the Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona, and alternates yearly between Tucson, Arizona and…

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  • ‘Holograms From Syria’ refuses to let you ignore the haunting images of war

    [This story from Study Breaks is about the use of augmented reality to create presence illusions for a serious and extremely valuable purpose. The original story includes several more images. –Matthew] ‘HOLOGRAMS FROM SYRIA’ REFUSES TO LET YOU IGNORE THE HAUNTING IMAGES OF WAR Bennington College student Asad J. Malik, also known by his alias 1RIC, seeks to bring the gruesome reality of war to the forefront with his latest project “Holograms from Syria.” By Marissa Cortes, Stony Brook University November 1, 2017 Early in the morning on September 2, 2015, before the sun had risen and the pops of…

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  • Call: British Society of Aesthetics Postgraduate Conference: Movement and Aesthetics

    Call for Papers The Fourth British Society of Aesthetics Postgraduate Conference: Movement and Aesthetics 27 – 28 April 2018 University of Durham, UK Keynote Speakers: Associate Professor Barbara Gail Montero, CUNY Dr Jenny Judge, NYU Deadline for abstracts: January 7th 2018 We are pleased to invite abstracts for submission to the Fourth BSA Postgraduate Conference, Movement and Aesthetics. This two-day conference will provide an opportunity for postgraduates to present their work in a supportive and stimulating environment, and to interact with each other and with established members of the academic community. The aim of this postgraduate conference is to examine…

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  • Huge new VR theme park, studio, and R&D center to open in Guizhou China

    [The original version of this widely-cited story from the Daily Mail includes many more pictures of the new East Valley of Science and Fantasy; for more information see the project’s (English) website. –Matthew] Spectacular pictures show China’s £1 billion virtual reality sci-fi theme park which lets tourists visit aliens, ride UFOs and fight dragons Virtual reality attraction is developed by the stock market listed Oriental Times Media Corp’s animation unit The massive park is situated in Guizhou province, China, and the first phase is set to complete in December A main feature is an impressive 174ft tall transformer structure constructed…

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  • Call: British Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2018)

    CALL FOR PAPERS British Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2018) 2-6 July, 2018, Belfast, Northern Ireland http://hci2018.bcs.org/ twitter: @HCI_2018 Due date for all paper submissions: 31 March, 2018 This is the 32nd Annual Conference of the British Human Computer Interaction Conference in association with the British Computer Society (ACM Proceedings). In 2018, it will be held in the atmospheric city centre of Belfast in Northern Ireland. (“Belfast, one of the top ten World Class conference locations” – Financial Times; See the Belfast video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNDto-iGgXI) This leading HCI conference is well established and has been running for over 30 years attracting…

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  • New HMD attachment lets you feel wind in virtual reality

    [This new product adds the “4D” element of wind to VR to enhance the sense of presence, and the ZephVR website says “Beyond wind, our technology will enable all sorts of peripherals and physical effects—temperature, vibration, rain, or anything else people can think up—so that they work with all VR content, automatically.” The story is from BGR, where it includes an additional image. For more information see the ZephVR website and press kit. –Matthew] Meet the new accessory that lets you actually feel virtual reality Andy Meek October 30th, 2017 The team behind a new accessory for virtual reality headsets…

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