Month: February 2018

Job: Lab Associate (Intern) in Embodied Conversational Agents at Disney Research Los Angeles

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February 2, 2018

Lab Associate (Intern) ECA – Disney Research Los Angeles Online application: https://www.disneyresearch.com/job_posting/lab-associate-intern-eca-disney-research-los-angeles/ Disney Research conducts scientific technology research for The Walt Disney Company. Our main focus areas are Visual Computing, Robotics, Machine Learning and AI. We work on scientific applications within the Disney entertainment segments that are experienced daily by millions of people around the world. Research areas of interest: We are broadly interested in Embodied Conversational Agents (ECA’s). This spans many interdisciplinary research areas including but not limited to:…
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Telepresence via ‘Human Uber’ lets a surrogate socialize for you

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February 2, 2018

[Now you can replace your telepresence robot with a human surrogate wearing the ChameleonMask! This story is from Mental Floss, where the original includes a 30 second video; much more information is available from the project website. –Matthew] ‘Human Uber’ Lets a Surrogate Socialize For You By Jay Serafino February 1, 2018 Has the process of interacting with other human beings become too much for you, but you don’t have the heart to ditch your social obligations completely? Then you’ll be very interested in what virtual reality researcher Jun Rekimoto showed off at MIT Tech Review’s EmTech conference in Asia…
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Call: Gaming and the Arts of Storytelling Symposium and Special Issue

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February 1, 2018

Call for Papers Gaming and the Arts of Storytelling Symposium and Special Issue Symposium (Abertay University – 9th May 2018). Keynote: Professor Espen Aarseth, Centre for Computer Games Research, IT University of Copenhagen. Symposium deadline (500 word abstract): 5th March 2018. Special Issue of the journal Arts deadline (5000-8000 word article): 31st May 2018.…
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Scotland grocery store tests robot to help customers for BBC’s “Six Robots and Us,” has to fire ‘him’

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February 1, 2018

[This is an interesting story from IFLScience about medium-as-social-actor presence in a Scotland grocery store. Our colleague David Benyon from Napier University is quoted in coverage from the Sunday Herald and a cultural explanation for how people responded to Fabio the robot is included (along with a short video) in a story in ZDNet. –Matthew] Store Hires Robot To Help Out Customers, Robot Gets Fired For Scaring Customers Away By James Felton 22 January 2018 Every few months there’s a story warning us that robots will take over our jobs within five, 10, or 20 years. You don’t get a lot…
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Month: February 2018

Job: Lab Associate (Intern) in Embodied Conversational Agents at Disney Research Los Angeles

Telepresence via ‘Human Uber’ lets a surrogate socialize for you

Call: Gaming and the Arts of Storytelling Symposium and Special Issue

Scotland grocery store tests robot to help customers for BBC’s “Six Robots and Us,” has to fire ‘him’

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