Call for Papers Workshop on Augmenting Usability Evaluation In conjunction with the Mensch&Computer [Humans and Computers] 2022 conference Darmstadt, Germany Workshop: https://www.hs-heilbronn.de/de/unitylab-mensch-computer-conference Conference: https://muc2022.mensch-und-computer.de/en/ Important Dates: June 15, 2022 – Deadline for workshop submission July 13, 2022 – Notification of Acceptance July 27, 2022 – Deadline for the camera-ready paper September 07, 2022 – Workshop Day (in the morning) OBJECTIVE: The aim of the workshop is to collect, share and discuss novel approaches that support and augment the (semi-)automatic evaluation of (complex) interactive applications focusing on the user interface. CONTEXT: There exist many guidelines, norms, and standards on how usability…

Call for Participation “Sound Design(ed) Futures: New realities, spaces, technologies” One-day international conference Date: 27 May 2022 10.00-18.30 Place: Online & Université Gustave Eiffel (Paris, France) Organisation: Eleni-Ira Panourgia & Andrea Giomi Conference: https://lisaa.univ-gustave-eiffel.fr/actualites/actualite/sound-designed-futures-new-realities-spaces-technologies Free registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sound-designed-futures-new-realities-spaces-technologies-tickets-276697348217 As part of the CCAMAN Team (Confluences, Cinematographic, Audiovisual, Musical and Digital Arts) and the Literature, Knowledge and Arts Research Lab (LISAA), a one-day international conference will be devoted to the future directions of sound design through artistic and scientific approaches. Sound is omnipresent in the physical and virtual spaces that surround us in our everyday life, and is becoming increasingly important in…

Call for Papers GAME – Games as Art, Media, Entertainment The Italian Journal of Game Studies Special Issue: “Interactive Digital Narratives: Counter-Hegemonic Narratives and Expression of Identity” https://www.gamejournal.it/n-112023-idn/ Edited by Ilaria Mariani, Mariana Ciancia, Judith Ackermann Submission deadline: July 29, 2022 The discourse on IDNs is today growingly prominent in scholarly debates (Koenitz, 2018; Koenitz et al., 2015), fed by an unceasing technological evolution that opens vaste possibilities and potentialities with relevant implications in terms of expression – both from the perspective of authors and players. The eleventh issue of G|A|M|E digs into interactive storytelling and interactive digital narratives (IDNs)…

Call for Papers Workshop on “New Trends in Sports and HCI” At MobileHCI 2022 October 1, 2022, AoE Online Workshop: https://mobilehci22-hci-and-sports.dfki.de/ Mobile HCI 2022: https://mobilehci.acm.org/2022/ Submission deadline: June 1, 2022, AoE The field of HCI for sports is evolving under the push of new technological developments and worldwide natural events, such as the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change. Recent technological advancements have widened the possibilities of HCI in the sports domain by paving the way to augmented humans, inbodied interactions, esports, new forms of sociality thanks to virtual reality and the metaverse, and new ways for engaging the audience thanks…

Call for Participation Human Factors and VR Training with Professor Bob Stone An event by Immerse Australia Friday, May 6, 2022 Livestream available via link below at 5.30pm AEST, 3.30pm AWST [8:30am in London] If you’re based in Brisbane there will also be an in-person meetup and networking event to watch the livestream: Brisbane Meetup: 5.00pm to 7.00pm AEST Google Calendar / ICS [Source: https://immerseaustralia.org/events/human-factors-bob-stone ] Link for Livestream via Teams: https://bit.ly/immerse-bobstone Venue for Brisbane Meetup: Compono Pty Ltd, Level 3, 32 Duncan St, Fortitude Valley, QLD Cost: Free The study of Human factors is concerned with understanding human capabilities, and then…