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Month: May 2020

  • Call: Explorations of Trust in AR, VR, and Smart Devices – Facebook Research

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    Request for Proposals Facebook Research Explorations of Trust in AR, VR, and Smart Devices https://research.fb.com/programs/research-awards/proposals/explorations-of-trust-in-ar-vr-and-smart-devices-request-for-proposal/ Applications due by June 12, 2020 Facebook is pleased to invite university faculty to respond to this call for research proposals on exploring unique challenges, threats, attacks, mitigations, and other considerations in the burgeoning space of AR, VR, and smart devices.…

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  • Inventive new comedy ‘Upload’ explores (virtual) life after death

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    [This story from NPR describes a new television series that revolves around the idea of presence after death along with other presence experiences in the near-future. I haven’t seen it yet but it sounds like an excellent presence portrayal – “full of thoughtful questions and challenging ideas — even about the meaning of life itself and of death itself.” The original story includes a six minute audio version and a different picture. For more information see coverage in Engadget and the Amazon Prime Upload website. –Matthew] Inventive New Comedy ‘Upload’ Explores (Virtual) Life After Death May 1, 2020 David Bianculli…

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  • Call: ICOTTS’20 – The 2020 International Conference on Tourism, Technology and Systems

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    ICOTTS’20 – The 2020 International Conference on Tourism, Technology & Systems 29 – 31 October 2020 Cartagena, Colombia Proceedings by Springer. Indexed by Scopus, ISI, etc. https://www.icotts.org/ Paper submission deadline: June 15, 2020 SCOPE Multidisciplinary conference, transversal to all the activity sectors that involve Information Technologies and systems in the Tourism area, namely: Competitiveness of destinations based on digital technology, Hospitality, Destinations Management, Business & Finance, Public Administration; Economics; Management Science; Education; Health & Rehabilitation; Agriculture & Food Technology. GENERAL OBJECTIVES Promote a collaborative environment between the academic and tourism community in search of improvement and attractiveness of innovation, business…

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  • The world’s biggest social virtual reality gathering is happening right now

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    [This story from Singularity Hub describes Virtual Market 4, underway in VRChat until May 10, 2020 and expected to be “the largest social VR gathering ever.” While current technology limits the presence experience it provides, it may represent an important step toward the Metaverse of science fiction. See the original story for three more pictures. –Matthew] The World’s Biggest Social Virtual Reality Gathering Is Happening Right Now By Aaron Frank April 30, 2020 It’s one of the most under-appreciated science fiction films of the past decade, but Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (also the most…

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  • Call: 2020 XR Access Symposium

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    Call for Participation Announcing the 2020 XR Access Symposium July 20-21, 2020 | Virtual Event Cornell Tech and the XR Access Initiative are pleased to announce the 2020 XR Access Symposium! This will be held virtually on July 20 and 21, 2020. If you’re interested in virtual or augmented reality or accessibility, keep reading! At the first Symposium, organized by Cornell Tech and Verizon Media in Summer 2019, over 120 researchers, technologists, advocates, and industry leaders gathered for talks, demos, and working group sessions that generated actionable plans for making XR more accessible. For the past year, that’s been our…

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  • Presence and the benefits of exercising in VR

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    [This story from Wired explores some of the psychological and physical benefits of exercising via virtual reality, many of which are based on the experience of presence. See the original version for a second image. For more on the Supernatural VR fitness platform see coverage in CNET and the Within website. –Matthew] Naked and Unafraid to Exercise in Virtual Reality Get over yourself and try VR workouts already. It’s private, liberating, and doesn’t require gym shorts. Jesse Damiani April 30, 2020 I can without bashfulness say that I have logged hundreds of hours on Beat Saber as naked as the…

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