Month: July 2024


  • Call: 1st International Workshop on Models for Simulation (M4S)

    Call for Papers 1st International Workshop on Models for Simulation (M4S)In conjunction with the 17th IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modeling (PoEM 2024)December 3, 2024Stockholm, SwedenM4S Workshop: https://m4s.uibk.ac.atPoEM 2024: https://poem2024.dsv.su.se/ Submission deadline: September 29, 2024 Simulation capitalizes on structural, behavioral, and physical models. They embody the fundamental concepts of a system, whereas simulation actualizes those principles in a dynamic setting. The modeling community is facing new issues in terms of authenticity, trustworthiness, and sensitivity of models due to the increasing popularity of digital twins which in turn capitalize on models as one of their fundamental…

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  • Shifting mindsets: Integrating virtual reality in conflict mediation and peacebuilding

    [We could sure use more of the kind of applications of presence described in this story from the United Nations’ Politically Speaking magazine. See the Futuring Peace website for more resources. –Matthew] [Image: Security Council members hearing a Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia in 2022. UN Photo/Manuel Elías.] Shifting Mindsets: Integrating Virtual Reality in Conflict Mediation and Peacebuilding When applied to conflict mediation and peacebuilding settings, Virtual Reality (VR) can help conflict parties step into their opponents’ shoes and enhance reciprocal understanding of local communities. In this story, we look at the impact…

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  • Call: Online Lisbon AI Seminar July 16, 2024: “AI face filters, perception and mirror gazing”

    Call for Participation “AI face filters, perception and mirror gazing”Presenter: Gloria Andrada (IFILNOVA)Centre for Philosophy of Sciences of the University of Lisbonhttps://cfcul.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/reunioes/lisbon-ai-seminar-11-ai-face-filters-perception-and-mirror-gazing/?tipoReuniao=workshop# LISBON AI SEMINAR #1116 Jul 2024, 10:30 (Lisbon time)Ciências ULisboa, Room  8.2.14 & Zoom “AI face filters, perception and mirror gazing”Gloria Andrada (IFILNOVA) ABSTRACT:AI face filters are automated photo editing tools that use artificial intelligence and computer vision to detect facial features and change them. Widespread use of these filters has raised concern due to their potentially damaging psychological effects, especially in relation to body image and self-perception. In this talk, I examine different effects (both positive and…

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  • Enhanced version of award-winning “Body of Mine” VR experience on gender identity launches on Quest

    [An enhanced version of the award-winning empathy-evoking presence experience Body of Mine that explores gender dysphoria and which was previously only available as an installation at festivals, is now available for Meta Quest VR headsets. The Forbes story below includes a first-person description of the experience (with a key spoiler). UploadVR adds these details: “While the SteamVR version requires five HTC Vive Trackers and a high-spec PC, thanks to the development team at Agile Lens, Body of Mine uses ‘advanced in-headset motion capture’ that integrates Meta’s full-body synthesis on Quest. It also supports hand tracking and Quest Pro eye tracking.…

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  • Call: Animex Research and Innovation Conference

    Call for Papers Animex Research and Innovation ConferenceNovember 13, 2024Teesside University, UKHybrid Conference: In-Person and Onlinehttps://www.tees.ac.uk/animexconference/ Deadline for submission of abstracts and proposals: July 31, 2024 We are delighted to announce the second Animex Research and innovation Conference. The conference aims to bring together new and established scholars and practitioners from animation, VFX and games to share research in their disciplines. It promises to be a great supportive and exciting environment to share your research whether you’re a new or established researcher or PhD student. This year it will be part of the Animex Festival programme to allow you to…

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  • Freeaim electric “treadmill shoes” set to boost the world of VR gaming

    [Even the consumer version will be expensive, but this short story from New Atlas describes the latest virtual reality accessory designed to make walking in virtual environments easier and more like walking in the real (nonmediated) world. See the original version of the story for two more images and the 3:03 minute video mentioned at the end (also available on YouTube). For that video and many more, see the Freeaim YouTube channel, and for more information see the company’s website. –Matthew] [Image: The Freeaim VR Shoes in their current prototype form – each shoe has two motorized four-wheeled modules that…

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  • Call: “Memory and Technology: 4E Perspectives” issue of Review of Philosophy and Psychology

    Call for Papers Memory and Technology: 4E PerspectivesSpecial issue of Review of Philosophy and Psychologyhttps://link.springer.com/collections/fhjfdcheeg Guest Editors:Richard Heersmink, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, j.r.heersmink@tilburguniversity.eduKourken Michaelian, Université Grenoble Alpes, France, kourken.michaelian@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr Submission deadline: April 30, 2025 DESCRIPTION Recently, the embodied, embedded, extended, and enactive (4E) approaches in philosophy and the cognitive sciences have emerged as popular alternatives to the internalist view on memory. On a 4E view, memory is not a purely internalist cognitive capacity but is embodied, embedded, extended, and enactive. This means that memory systems, processes of remembering, and the contents of memories are scaffolded by and sometimes constituted by…

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  • Cornell Tech researchers refine on-road mixed reality driving simulator

    [This story from Tech Times explains the benefits, first to researchers and then for training new drivers, of a new mixed reality simulator being developed at Cornell University. The new simulator illustrates differences in and allows comparisons of presence experiences across different technologies. Follow the link at the end of the story to read coverage in the Cornell Chronicle; you can watch the 9:40 minute CHI 2024 presentation on YouTube; and an April 2022 story from Tech Xplore describes some of the team’s earlier work. –Matthew] [Image: Screenshot from animated gif posted on X by co-author Fanjun (Frank) Bu with…

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  • Call: “Generative Images – Generative Imageries: Challenges of Visual Communication (Research) in the Age of AI” Conference

    Call for Papers “Generative Images – Generative Imageries: Challenges of Visual Communication (Research) in the Age of AI”The International Conference of the DGPuK (German Communication Association) Visual Communication SectionCo-sponsored by the Visual Communication Studies Division of the International Communication AssociationNovember 20-22, 2024At the ZeMKI (Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research) of the University of BremenBremen, Germanyhttps://nordmedianetwork.org/latest/call-for-papers/call-for-papers-for-the-international-conference-generative-images-generative-imageries-challenges-of-visual-communication-research-in-the-age-of-ai/ Submission deadline for abstracts: July 15, 2024 Societal discourse about the benefits, risks, and challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) is in full swing. To date much of the debate has focused on text-to-text generators such as Chat-GPT, Bing, or Bard (for a recent…

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  • Immersive VR (and presence) trains miners for the real world

    [Here’s another application of presence for training people for a dangerous profession in a safe, virtual environment. The original version of this University of Utah story includes two more images and a 57 second video (also available on YouTube). For more information see a 2021 story in FedTech Magazine and a 2020 story in Safety+Health Magazine. –Matthew] [Image: Screenshot of a module to learn safety techniques in an underground mine. Credit: HOTO Minverso/University of Utah] Immersive VR trains miners for the real world By David Pace, College of Science, University of UtahJune 6, 2024 It’s the end of a shift…

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  • Call: ACM IUI 2025: ACM Intelligent User Interfaces 2025 Conference

    Call for Papers ACM IUI 2025: ACM Intelligent User Interfaces 2025 ConferenceCagliari, ItalyMarch 24-27, 2025https://iui.acm.org/2025/index.html Deadlines:Workshop proposals: September 21, 2024Paper abstracts: October 2, 2024Full papers: October 9, 2024Tutorial proposals: December 15, 2024Doctoral Consortium: January 9, 2024 The ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (ACM IUI) is the annual premiere venue where researchers and practitioners meet and discuss state-of-the-art advances at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Ideal IUI submissions should address practical HCI challenges using machine intelligence and discuss both computational and human-centric aspects of such methodologies, techniques and systems.…

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  • MASA presence: Civil servant robot ‘commits suicide’

    [Reactions to a robot in South Korea falling down a flight of stairs has apparently generated widespread medium-as-social-actor presence and triggered conversations about the integration of robots in society (“especially in roles traditionally occupied by humans”) and the ethical treatment of robots and AI. The story below is from Interesting Engineering; see coverage in DesignTAXI for more information and images. –Matthew] [Image: Source: Koreaboo] Civil servant robot ‘commits suicide’, deadly plunge under probe Witnesses saw the robot erratically circling before its fall, sparking speculation about the cause. By Aman TripathiJune 29, 2024 A first-of-its-kind incident has shocked the world after…

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