[There is also a Call for Project Demos to be presented as part of a VR/AR for Learning Showcase that will take place at IEEE TALE 2018 in Wollongong, Australia on 4–7 December 2018, in conjunction with the Special Track on XR and Immersive Learning Environments (https://tale2018.org/xr). The submission deadline is October 22 and more information and the submission form are at https://goo.gl/forms/z6zqJcKhnJ1gOSLX2 –Matthew] Call for Papers Special Issue of Virtual Reality on XR (VR, AR, MR) and Immersive Learning Environments https://bit.ly/2vdyKEL Guest Editors: Dennis Beck, Minjuan Wang, Mark J. W. Lee Submission deadline: 14 December 2018 Manuscript submissions are…

Call for Papers: Realities and Fantasies: Relations, Transformations, Discontinuities Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) Workshop 2019 10-12 April 2019, University of Amsterdam http://realitiesfantasies.wordpress.com Keynotes: Jonathan Culler (Cornell University), Annabelle Dufourcq (RU Nijmegen), Nkiru Nzegwu (SUNY Binghamton), Susanna Paasonen (University of Turku). Extended Deadline: 15 November The world of fantasy often serves as an escape from reality, its limitations, and its many social, economic, and corporeal restrictions. Reality, in turn, is often desired amidst the delusions of the fantastic. In this workshop, we take on the continuous and renewed interest in the real in its relation to fantasy, illusion, and…

Call for Papers International Journal of Social Robotics – VIRTUOUS ROBOTICS: ARTIFICIAL AGENTS AND THE GOOD LIFE https://dhrg.uws.edu.au/robots-ai-confr/international-journal-of-social-robotics-cfp/ Full paper submission deadline: 1 March 2019 GUEST EDITORS Massimiliano Cappuccio (UAE University and University of New South Wales) Omar Mubin (Western Sydney University) Mohammad Obaid (University of New South Wales) Eduardo Benitez Sandoval (University of New South Wales) Mari Velonaki (University of New South Wales) THEME Can robotics play a moral role in the life of humans? In addition to providing practical benefits to the users, can interaction with social robots fortify the users’ moral dispositions and instill new ethical principles?…

Call for Participation London Aesthetics Forum: Immersion in Film 2 November 2018 Senate House / Birkbeck Cinema London, UK Free with registration On November 2nd there will be two events exploring the experience of narrative immersion in film from both a philosophical and empirical perspective: a morning workshop and an afternoon film screening and discussion about Shadow of a Doubt (1943), which Hitchcock sometimes called his ‘favourite’ of his oeuvre. Though registration for the two events is separate, they are related and everyone is welcome to attend both. The widespread experience of ‘being lost in a narrative’ (Nell 1988)-sometimes called…

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Aging between Participation and Simulation Ethical Dimensions of Socially Assistive Technologies International Conference for Young Scholars 4th – 8th February 2019 Bochum, Germany Abstract submission deadline: 15 November 2018 In future, an increasing number of elderly people will be reliant on the healthcare system. The emerging resource crisis will affect the right to social participation, wellbeing and autonomy of older or impaired people. Social assistive technologies such as robot companions or smart screen assistants promise to preserve individual rights by supporting their users in their daily environment. They offer emotional as well as physical care and support.…