Month: January 2025
-
Call: VAM-HRI 2025 – 8th International Workshop on Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality for Human-Robot Interaction
Published:
Read more: Call: VAM-HRI 2025 – 8th International Workshop on Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality for Human-Robot InteractionCall for Papers: The 8th International Workshop on Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality for Human-Robot Interaction (VAM-HRI)Affiliated with HRI 2025March 3, 2025Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaVAM-HRI 2025 Workshop: https://vam-hri.github.io/HRI 2025 Conference: https://humanrobotinteraction.org/2025 KEY DEADLINES: Early Notification Deadline: January 17, 2025 (AoE) Final Submission Deadline: February 13, 2025 (AoE) ROLLING SUBMISSIONS: To accommodate the early registration deadline for HRI, we have introduced rolling submissions with updated deadlines. Make sure to submit by Jan 17th if you want notification before the HRI 2025 early registration deadline. Final submissions will close February 13, 2025 AoE. The 8th International Workshop on Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality…
-
‘Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In’ exhibition transports visitors back to a gritty, bygone era
Published:
Read more: ‘Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In’ exhibition transports visitors back to a gritty, bygone era[TimeOut Hong Kong reports on an interesting use of realistic sets first used to evoke presence in film audiences and then repurposed to evoke presence in visitors to two iterations of an immersive physical exhibition. See the original report for five more images; the South China Morning Post has a more extensive gallery; and Hong Kong Guide provides a guided tour of the exhibition in a 3:35 minute video available on YouTube. For more about the Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In film, see IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes. –Matthew] ‘Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In’ exhibition Transporting us all back…
-
Call: “Redefining Relationships: Human Vulnerability and AI-driven Technologies” panel at 10th STS Italia Conference
Published:
Read more: Call: “Redefining Relationships: Human Vulnerability and AI-driven Technologies” panel at 10th STS Italia ConferenceCall for Abstracts: “Redefining Relationships: Human Vulnerability and AI-driven Technologies“A panel at the 10th STS Italia ConferenceJune 11-13, 2025Milan, ItalyPanel: https://stsitalia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/22.Redefining-Relationships_-Human-Vulnerability-and-AI-driven-Technologies-ID_44.pdfSTS Italia: https://stsitalia.org/call-for-abstracts/ Deadline for submissions: February 3, 2025 We are pleased to invite you to submit abstracts for the panel “Redefining Relationships: Human Vulnerability and AI-driven Technologies”, which will be held as part of the 10th STS Italia Conference – Technoscience for Good: Designing, Caring, and Reconfiguring. KEY INFORMATION Deadline for submission: 3 February 2025 Abstract submission: here Complete call for abstract: here Conference date: 11-13 June 2025 Venue: Politecnico di Milano, Department of Design, Milano, Italy PANEL OVERVIEW…
-
‘I love you… goodbye:’ What will happen when this companion robot suddenly dies?
Published:
Read more: ‘I love you… goodbye:’ What will happen when this companion robot suddenly dies?[It’s bad enough when products stop working because the company that provides externally-stored and updated software stops supporting them (I’ve had the frustrating experience with the expensive Glance Clock), but it’s particularly distressing when the product is a robot companion designed to evoke medium-as-social-actor presence in young users. The current example of Moxie and the company Embodied is reported in the story below from Popular Science (it also mentions an even more disturbing case involving a brain-computer interface); see the original version of the story for three videos. Reactions to Moxie’s shutdown are the focus of a 5:10 minute monologue…
-
Call: “Temporalities of bodies, technologies and their entanglements in the experience of disability and/or chronic illness” at 4S 2025
Published:
Read more: Call: “Temporalities of bodies, technologies and their entanglements in the experience of disability and/or chronic illness” at 4S 2025[NOTE: See the 4S website for more open panels and other submission opportunities. –Matthew] Call for Abstracts: Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) 2025Open panel: ‘Temporalities of bodies, technologies and their entanglements in the experience of disability and/or chronic illness’September 3-7, 2025Seattle, Washington, USAhttps://www.4sonline.org/about_the_conference_seattle.php Deadline for submissions: January 31, 2025 We are pleased to invite you to take part in our panel at the next conference of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) 2025 (Seattle, 2025 3-7 September): Temporalities of bodies, technologies and their entanglements in the experiences of disability and/or chronic illness (Panel ID Number: 43)…
-
The Joint Active Music Sessions (JAMS) platform brings the magic of playing music to the virtual world
Published:
Read more: The Joint Active Music Sessions (JAMS) platform brings the magic of playing music to the virtual world[A new online platform for musicians addresses the presence-breaking problem of latency by using avatars presented in virtual reality and powered by algorithms so they can display the subtle timing adjustments between performers. A news release from the University of Birmingham Enterprise via EIN Presswire provides a description; more details are available from the University directly, and a 1:04 minute video is on YouTube. –Matthew] Bringing the magic of playing music to the virtual world The Joint Active Music Sessions (JAMS) platform has the potential to develop a social network where musicians can learn, connect, and perform. News Provided By…
-
Call: Adaptive eXplainable AI Workshop at ACM IUI 2025
Published:
Read more: Call: Adaptive eXplainable AI Workshop at ACM IUI 2025Call for Papers Adaptive eXplainable AI Workshop 2025Co-located with the 2025 International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (ACM IUI 2025)March 24, 2025Cagliari, Italyhttps://axai.trx.li ACM IUI 2025:March 24-27, 2025https://iui.acm.org/2025/ Deadline for submission of papers: January 13, 2025 We are delighted to announce the second edition of the Adaptive XAI (AXAI) Workshop, to be held in conjunction with ACM IUI 2025. As the integration of Artificial Intelligence into daily decision-making processes intensifies, the need for clear communication between humans and AI systems becomes crucial. This workshop is dedicated to exploring the design and development of intelligent interfaces that adaptively explain AI’s decision-making…
-
Survival games and the AI, VR revolution: Fears, hopes and challenges
Published:
Read more: Survival games and the AI, VR revolution: Fears, hopes and challenges[This interesting column from Forbes considers some of the psychological and other impacts and implications of the advancing abilities of technologies used in “stay alive at all costs” survival games to blur ”the line between truth and simulation.” –Matthew] [Image: A member of a British Army eSports team experiences a game via a virtual reality headset. Credit: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images.] Survival Games and the AI, VR Revolution: Fears, Hopes and Challenges By Anisha Sircar, a journalist covering tech, finance and society [more info at https://anishasircar.com/]December 27, 2024 I was sitting on the couch, half-watching my partner play Dota…
ISPR Presence News
Search ISPR Presence News:
Categories
Archives
- April 2025 (28)
- March 2025 (42)
- February 2025 (40)
- January 2025 (44)
- December 2024 (42)
- November 2024 (40)
- October 2024 (46)
- September 2024 (42)
- August 2024 (44)
- July 2024 (44)
- June 2024 (40)
- May 2024 (24)
- April 2024 (27)
- March 2024 (42)
- February 2024 (42)
- January 2024 (44)
- December 2023 (40)
- November 2023 (42)
- October 2023 (44)
- September 2023 (39)
- August 2023 (46)
- July 2023 (42)
- June 2023 (44)
- May 2023 (40)
- April 2023 (40)
- March 2023 (46)
- February 2023 (40)
- January 2023 (44)
- December 2022 (24)
- November 2022 (42)
- October 2022 (42)
- September 2022 (42)
- August 2022 (46)
- July 2022 (40)
- June 2022 (44)
- May 2022 (42)
- April 2022 (42)
- March 2022 (46)
- February 2022 (40)
- January 2022 (38)
- December 2021 (46)
- November 2021 (42)
- October 2021 (42)
- September 2021 (42)
- August 2021 (44)
- July 2021 (44)
- June 2021 (42)
- May 2021 (40)
- April 2021 (44)
- March 2021 (46)
- February 2021 (40)
- January 2021 (39)
- December 2020 (44)
- November 2020 (39)
- October 2020 (43)
- September 2020 (44)
- August 2020 (42)
- July 2020 (46)
- June 2020 (43)
- May 2020 (42)
- April 2020 (44)
- March 2020 (44)
- February 2020 (39)
- January 2020 (34)
- December 2019 (42)
- November 2019 (40)
- October 2019 (44)
- September 2019 (40)
- August 2019 (44)
- July 2019 (44)
- June 2019 (38)
- May 2019 (46)
- April 2019 (44)
- March 2019 (42)
- February 2019 (40)
- January 2019 (36)
- December 2018 (40)
- November 2018 (42)
- October 2018 (46)
- September 2018 (38)
- August 2018 (46)
- July 2018 (44)
- June 2018 (42)
- May 2018 (32)
- April 2018 (42)
- March 2018 (44)
- February 2018 (40)
- January 2018 (44)
- December 2017 (40)
- November 2017 (42)
- October 2017 (44)
- September 2017 (26)
- August 2017 (46)
- July 2017 (42)
- June 2017 (44)
- May 2017 (44)
- April 2017 (40)
- March 2017 (46)
- February 2017 (40)
- January 2017 (44)
- December 2016 (44)
- November 2016 (42)
- October 2016 (30)
- September 2016 (42)
- August 2016 (46)
- July 2016 (40)
- June 2016 (24)
- May 2016 (42)
- April 2016 (42)
- March 2016 (46)
- February 2016 (44)
- January 2016 (40)
- December 2015 (44)
- November 2015 (40)
- October 2015 (42)
- September 2015 (42)
- August 2015 (42)
- July 2015 (46)
- June 2015 (44)
- May 2015 (40)
- April 2015 (44)
- March 2015 (44)
- February 2015 (40)
- January 2015 (42)
- December 2014 (44)
- November 2014 (38)
- October 2014 (46)
- September 2014 (42)
- August 2014 (42)
- July 2014 (43)
- June 2014 (42)
- May 2014 (42)
- April 2014 (43)
- March 2014 (42)
- February 2014 (40)
- January 2014 (44)
- December 2013 (42)
- November 2013 (40)
- October 2013 (44)
- September 2013 (40)
- August 2013 (44)
- July 2013 (46)
- June 2013 (40)
- May 2013 (44)
- April 2013 (44)
- March 2013 (42)
- February 2013 (40)
- January 2013 (44)
- December 2012 (40)
- November 2012 (42)
- October 2012 (46)
- September 2012 (37)
- August 2012 (46)
- July 2012 (40)
- June 2012 (42)
- May 2012 (46)
- April 2012 (42)
- March 2012 (44)
- February 2012 (42)
- January 2012 (44)
- December 2011 (44)
- November 2011 (40)
- October 2011 (33)
- September 2011 (42)
- August 2011 (46)
- July 2011 (39)
- June 2011 (45)
- May 2011 (42)
- April 2011 (42)
- March 2011 (44)
- February 2011 (40)
- January 2011 (42)
- December 2010 (42)
- November 2010 (42)
- October 2010 (42)
- September 2010 (42)
- August 2010 (43)
- July 2010 (42)
- June 2010 (43)
- May 2010 (40)
- April 2010 (43)
- March 2010 (46)
- February 2010 (40)
- January 2010 (54)
- December 2009 (18)
- November 2009 (29)
- October 2009 (26)
Recent Posts
- Call: “Dancing (with technology)” issue of Intermediality
- We need to stop pretending AI is intelligent – here’s how
- Call: Sixth International Workshop on Adapted intEraction with SociAl Robots (cAESAR) at ACM UMAP 2025
- Chinese women finding heartthrobs in 3-D otome games: Is it a worrying trend?
- Call: Audiovisual Essays for Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts