Month: March 2019
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Call: 4TU.Ethics Bi-annual Conference on the Ethics of Disruptive Technologies
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Read more: Call: 4TU.Ethics Bi-annual Conference on the Ethics of Disruptive TechnologiesCall for Papers 4TUEthicsEDT: 4TU.Ethics Bi-annual Conference on the Ethics of Disruptive Technologies Technical University of Eindhoven Eindhoven, Netherlands November 7-8, 2019 https://www.easychair.org/cfp/4TUEthics-EDT Abstract registration deadline: June 15, 2019 Submission deadline: October 1, 2019 Throughout history, technology has been a driver of social change. The technologies of the industrial revolution played a crucial role in shaping modern society, and society has since then continued to be shaped by technological innovations. The conference focuses on technologies that will not just change specific domains or practices for which they were designed, but that will change our life in a much broader sense.…
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How OpenXR could glue virtual reality’s fragmenting market together
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Read more: How OpenXR could glue virtual reality’s fragmenting market together[I was thinking of the VHS vs. Betamax videotape format “war” before I got to the quote at the end of this Ars Technica story about a new open standard for VR and AR developers to use to ensure compatibility across the rapidly expanding hardware market for these presence-evoking technologies. See the original story for two more images, and for a short primer on format wars see a story on the BT website. –Matthew] [Image: OpenXR is like a girl reaching for a moon, or something…] How OpenXR could glue virtual reality’s fragmenting market together This week’s provisional release could…
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Call: Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association Post Graduate Network Conference 2019
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Read more: Call: Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association Post Graduate Network Conference 2019Call for Papers Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association Post Graduate Network (MeCCSA PGN) Conference 2019 July 1-2, 2019 Bangor University, Wales, UK https://www.meccsa.org.uk/news/cfp-meccsa-pgn-conference-2019/ 200-400 word proposals due: 8th April 2019 ‘Delivery technologies become obsolete and get replaced; media, on the other hand, evolve.’ -Henry Jenkins (2006: 13) The changes that have taken place within any aspect of media over the last several decades have been immense; some areas of the field are all but unrecognisable following such drastic adaptations and alterations. It is these adaptations, these changes, the evolution of media itself that is the theme of this conference.…
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Presence for good: “Traveling While Black” VR documentary creates impactful experience
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Read more: Presence for good: “Traveling While Black” VR documentary creates impactful experience[This story from MediaPost is a first-person report that illustrates the encouraging potential of presence-evoking technology to create empathy, understanding and maybe even change. An excerpt from the Forbes story mentioned within it follows below (that story includes another picture and a 0:41 minute trailer, also available via YouTube). –Matthew] COMMENTARY A Time Machine Documentary by Steven Rosenbaum, Featured Contributor March 19, 2019 As I headed over to the West Side of Manhattan, I wasn’t sure exactly what to expect. I’d been promised a time machine. I’d been told to use the password “arcade” at the door. The building was…
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Call: “Interactive Assistants: How does their increasing ubiquity and intelligence impact users’ lives?” ACM IVA 2019 Workshop
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Read more: Call: “Interactive Assistants: How does their increasing ubiquity and intelligence impact users’ lives?” ACM IVA 2019 WorkshopCall for Papers Interactive Assistants: How does their increasing ubiquity and intelligence impact users’ lives? Workshop at ACM IVA 2019 Paris July 2nd, 2019 https://www.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/ags/soa/IVA-workshop/ Submission deadline for 2-page position papers: April 15, 2019 TOPIC After several decades of developments and research that was mostly restricted to laboratories and academic realms, intelligent agents now finally they enter people’s homes. Autonomous systems using artificial intelligence (AI) to communicate with humans will soon be a part of everyday life. Systems like Siri, Alexa or Cortana can already be found in numerous households, enabling the whole family to operate home applications (e.g., switching…
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“Rembrandt Reality” uses AR to let you join doctors in Rembrandt’s most famous painting
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Read more: “Rembrandt Reality” uses AR to let you join doctors in Rembrandt’s most famous painting[The new free app described in this artnet News story appears to evoke effective presence illusions; see the original story for more pictures and a 2:01 minute video (also available via YouTube), and see coverage in UploadVR for more information and a 4:29 minute video (also available via YouTube). –Matthew] You Can Now Join Doctors as They Dissect a Corpse in Rembrandt’s Most Famous Painting Through Augmented Reality New technology is bringing Old Masters to life. Sarah Cascone March 19, 2019 As institutions in the Netherlands ramp up celebrations to mark the 350th anniversary of the death of Rembrandt van…
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Call: “AI and ubiquitous smart technologies” issue of Evental Aesthetics
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Read more: Call: “AI and ubiquitous smart technologies” issue of Evental AestheticsCall for Papers: Evental Aesthetics Themed issue: AI and ubiquitous smart technologies Deadline: 31 March 2019 Evental Aesthetics is an independent, double-blind peer-reviewed journal dedicated to philosophical and aesthetic intersections. The journal is open-access, and there are no publication fees. The Editors seek submissions for a themed issue in the summer of 2019. Traditional conceptual distinctions between online and offline worlds are losing their explanatory grip. For half of the global population, being connected on a range of smart portable devices is now part and parcel of everyday experience and practices. So much so that it seems no longer appropriate…
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Facebook can make VR avatars look – and move – exactly like you
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Read more: Facebook can make VR avatars look – and move – exactly like you[Will Facebook’s “social presence laboratory” create “convincingly human avatars within four years”? The prospects – and both positive and negative possible applications – are discussed in this story from Wired. See the original version for a 1:02 minute video and 4 large animated gifs that demonstrate the technology; CBS News has more coverage that includes a 3:07 minute video report. –Matthew] [Image: Research assistant Autumn Trimble sits inside “Mugsy,” one of the capture facilities Pittsburgh’s Facebook Reality Lab uses to create “codec avatars.” Credit: Lavender Leigh] Facebook Can Make VR Avatars Look—And Move—Exactly Like You Peter Rubin March 13, 2019…
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Call: “New Technological Applications for Foreign and Second Language Learning and Teaching” (Book chapters)
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Read more: Call: “New Technological Applications for Foreign and Second Language Learning and Teaching” (Book chapters)Call for Chapters “New technological applications for foreign and second language learning and teaching” Editors Mariusz Kruk, University of Zielona Góra, Poland Mark Peterson, Kyoto University, Japan Proposals Submission Deadline: April 25, 2019 Full Chapters Due: August 23, 2019 Submission Date: December 16, 2019 Propose a chapter for this book: https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/3903 INTRODUCTION The book entitled “New technological applications for foreign and second language learning and teaching” will offer a wide-ranging exploration of the latest advances in technology-enhanced language learning. This publication combines theoretical and applied research from an interdisciplinary viewpoint. The volume will encompass contributions from international experts in the…
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Japanese service creates wearable super realistic replicas of your pet’s head
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Read more: Japanese service creates wearable super realistic replicas of your pet’s head[Here’s a very unusual example of presence. It’s from Grape, where the story includes many more pictures and the mentioned 9:37 minute video (also available via YouTube). –Matthew] Japanese Service Creates Wearable Super Realistic Replicas Of Your Pet’s Head February 27, 2019 Ultra-realistic animal masks seem to strike the surreal sweet spot between “terrifying” and “adorable”, as seen with Japan’s viral gigantic wearable felt cat heads, but the minds at creative planning office Shindo Rinka and modeling workshop 91 (pronounced kyuu-ii) is taking things a step further by making that creepy/cute blend a service. If you’re willing to pay, you…
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Call: SMPTE 2019 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
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Read more: Call: SMPTE 2019 Annual Technical Conference and ExhibitionCALL FOR PAPERS SMPTE 2019 ANNUAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION 21-26 October 2019 Westin Bonaventure Downtown Los Angeles https://2019.smpte.org/ Deadline for Abstract Submission: April 30, 2019 Submissions for proposals of technical papers is open for the SMPTE 2019 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition (SMPTE 2019), 21-26 October, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites in Los Angeles. Abstracts must be submitted online no later than 30 April. Held annually by SMPTE, the annual technical conference is the world’s premier forum for exploring the evolution of media and entertainment technology. SMPTE 2019 will feature a high-tech exhibit hall, three days of…
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Inclusive presence: A gender-neutral digital voice
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Read more: Inclusive presence: A gender-neutral digital voice[The inventors of Q want to let everyone experience the presence evoked by digital voice assistants, as reported in this Wired story; the original version includes a different image and a 1:01 minute video; for more information (and a longer video), see genderlessvoice.com. –Matthew] The Genderless Digital Voice the World Needs Right Now Matt Simon March 11, 2019 Boot up the options for your digital voice assistant of choice and you’re likely to find two options for the gender you prefer interacting with: male or female. The problem is, that binary choice isn’t an accurate representation of the complexities of…
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