CALL FOR PAPERS Virtual Emotions: Understanding Affective Experiences in the Metaverse An issue of the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking https://home.liebertpub.com/cfp/virtual-emotions-understanding-affective-experiences-in-the-/383/ Guest Editors: Andrea Gaggioli, MSc.(Psych.), Ph.D and Alice Chirico, MSc.(Psych.), Ph.D ExperienceLab, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy Submission deadline: July 31, 2022 Emotions are our internal compass: not only do they influence a wide range of cognitive processes, including perception, attention, learning and reasoning; they also play a fundamental role in shaping people’s mental health and wellbeing. Thanks to recent advances in software and hardware platforms, virtual and augmented reality systems (hereinafter VR/AR), provide emotion researchers…

[Note that the deadline has just passed.  –Matthew] CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Enhancing Cross-Reality Applications and User Experiences Workshop International Conference On Advanced Visual Interfaces (Avi) 6 June 2022 More information: https://cr-workshop.github.io ; Frank Maurer (University of Calgary, Canada), fmaurer@ucalgary.ca Position paper deadline is April 3, 2022 (extended) We are running a workshop on Enhancing Cross-Reality Applications and User Experiences at the AVI Conference @ the AVI Conference. We invite all researchers to join this workshop and learn from late-breaking work in applications focused on different points on the reality-virtuality continuum. We also invite submissions on technical and systems papers that describe…

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Thinking Sonic Environments: Soundscapes of Nature, Communities, and Artworks. (International on-site conference) Dates: September 21 – 22, 2022 Venue: Prague, Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences Language: English https://sonicphilosophy.net/gigs/thinking-sonic-environments-conference/ Confirmed keynote speaker: Professor Barry Truax (Simon Fraser University, Canada) Main organizer: Martin Nitsche (CAS Institute of Philosophy, Prague, CZ) Submission deadline: May 25, 2022 The main goal of our conference is to provide a space for transdisciplinary discussions of various approaches to description and exploration of sonic environments. Such discussions have already been started decades ago in the area of acoustic ecology and sound studies and…