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Month: January 2026

  • Call: IFM 2026 – 8th Interactive Film and Media Annual Conference (free, online)

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    Call for Proposals: IFM 20256: 8th Interactive Film and Media Annual ConferenceJune 9-12, 2025Via Zoomhttps://journals.library.torontomu.ca/index.php/InteractiveFilmMedia/cfphttp://commlist.org/archive/all/2025-all/msg01843.html Deadline for submissions: Monday, January 19, 2026 (extended) The 8th Interactive Film and Media Conference is excited to announce its Call for Proposals centered around the provocative and multifaceted theme of “Yet-To-Be-Known.” We live in trying times. Cascading crises—from climate collapse to social injustice to political upheaval—mean that uncertainty is a defining condition of our moment. But we need not see the horizons before us as insurmountable. Interactive Film and Media invites proposals for its eighth conference that engage with the yet-to-be-known.…

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  • Ukrainian MedTech startup deploys VR system to treat phantom limb pain

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    [This story and interview from the Kyiv Post describes how Russia’s war on Ukraine motivated a Ukrainian startup company to develop a rehabilitation device that uses presence-evoking virtual reality to treat the many patients suffering with phantom limb pain after amputations. See the original story for four more pictures, and the VRNOW Lab website for more information. –Matthew] [Image: A patient undergoes virtual reality-based rehabilitation using VRNOW Lab’s system to treat phantom limb pain following amputation. Credit: Photo by VRNOW Lab] Ukrainian MedTech Startup Deploys VR System to Treat Phantom Limb Pain Kyiv Post interviews founder of Ukrainian startup VRNOW,…

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