Author: Matthew Lombard


  • Using virtual reality and presence to reduce domestic violence

    [This story from the UK’s Birmingham Mail describes some of the work of social care organization Antser that uses immersive media experiences to increase understanding and help prevent domestic violence. For more about its work see Antser’s website. An October 2021 story in Knowable Magazine and a July 2020 story from Australia’s 7NEWS.com.au report on similar efforts. For some evidence-based context see two articles by our colleagues: “Being the Victim of Intimate Partner Violence in Virtual Reality: First- Versus Third-Person Perspective” in Frontiers in Psychology and “The Paradox of Interactive Media: The Potential for Video Games and Virtual Reality as…

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  • Call: Perception in Games and Virtual Worlds Workshop

    Call for Presentations PERCEPTION IN GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS Workshop September 1-2, 2022 The Norwegian Institute in Athens Athens, Greece https://gamephilosophy.org/2022/05/call-for-presentations-perception-in-games-and-virtual-worlds/ Submission deadline for abstracts: August 1, 2022 Both traditional games and games that take place in virtual environments rely on play-states that are essentially designed around perceptual features that play crucial roles in aiding how the player is acting in the gaming environment. This is apparent by the fact that they prominently rely on phenomenal spatial structures, but also by a variety of perceptual roles that enter into elements like storytelling, sound, kinesthetic feedback and immersive design. How should…

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  • Nvidia’s ultra-thin VR glasses look like the big step that virtual reality needs

    [This TechRadar story is an encouraging reminder that virtual reality headsets will continue to evolve to be less obtrusive and more comfortable, which will make them more capable of evoking compelling presence illusions. The original version of the story includes a 4:53 minute video (also available via YouTube), and follow the story links and see coverage in Road to VR for more information. –Matthew] Nvidia’s ultra-thin VR glasses look like the big step that virtual reality needs But don’t expect the Meta Quest 3 to get a design overhaul yet By Hamish Hector May 10, 2022 Nvidia developers, in association…

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  • Call: CONVERSATIONS 2022 – 6th International Workshop on Chatbot Research, Applications and Design

    Call For Papers: Conversations 2022 – 6th International Workshop On Chatbot Research, Applications and Design University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands November 22-23, 2022 https://2022.conversations.ws/ Submission deadline: September 10, 2022 Welcome to CONVERSATIONS 2022, a two-day workshop on chatbot research, applications, and design. This is the sixth CONVERSATIONS workshop, and we aim to make it a great place for researchers and practitioners to share and collaborate. In previous CONVERSATIONS workshops, we have had enjoyable experiences both on-site and online. This year we will get the best of both worlds by having two online sessions as part of the full on-site program. …

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  • New Meta essay explains the key role of presence in its vision for the metaverse

    [Presence plays a key role in a new 8,000-word essay in Medium by Meta President of Global Affairs (and former UK Deputy Prime Minister) Nick Clegg that attempts to outline the company’s vision for the metaverse. Much of the coverage includes this quote: “We’ve gone from desktop to web to mobile; from text to photos to video. In this progression, the metaverse is a logical evolution. It’s the next generation of the internet — a more immersive, 3D experience. Its defining quality will be a feeling of presence, like you are right there with another person or in another place.”…

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  • Call: “Digitalization of Work” at Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2023

    Call for Papers “Digitalization of Work“ Minitrack 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2023 Maui, Hawaii January 3-6, 2023 Minitrack: https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-56/knowledge-innovation-and-entrepreneurial-systems/#digitalization-of-work-minitrack HICSS 2023: https://hicss.hawaii.edu Paper submission deadline: June 15, 2022 Dear colleagues, We cordially invite you to submit your work to the Minitrack on the “Digitalization of Work“ at the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2023 (https://hicss.hawaii.edu), planned to take place at the beautiful island of Maui in January 2023! Here you can find the detailed call for papers: https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-56/knowledge-innovation-and-entrepreneurial-systems/#digitalization-of-work-minitrack We anticipate submissions including (but not limited to) the following topics: Employee Relations Motivating the future digital…

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  • Virtual workouts spiked during the pandemic – and the trend is sticking around

    [The global pandemic has brought many changes in the demand for and evolution of technologies that evoke presence. This NPR story uses personal stories, statistics and interviews with technology creators to describe some of the changes in physical exercise. See the original story for seven more pictures and a 44 second video. –Matthew] [Image: Linda Munson’s youngest grandson, Daniel Gomez, 2, tries on an Oculus headset in her yard in Berlin, Conn. Playing different virtual reality games has become her family’s regular Sunday activity, Munson said. Credit: Yehyun Kim for NPR] Virtual workouts spiked during the pandemic — and the…

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  • Job: Postdoctoral Research Associate in HCI at Durham University

    Call for Applications Postdoctoral Research Associate (Job Number: 21001319) Department of Computer Science Durham University Durham, UK https://durham.taleo.net/careersection/du_ext/jobdetail.ftl?job=21001319&lang=en Grade 7: – £34,304 to £40,927 per annum Fixed Term – Full Time (this role is full time but we will consider requests for flexible working arrangements including potential job shares) Contract Duration: 30 months Contracted Hours per Week: 35 Closing Date: 3rd June 2022, 11:59:00 PM DURHAM UNIVERSITY Durham University is one of the world’s top universities with strengths across the Arts and Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences. We are home to some of the most talented scholars and researchers from…

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  • Design firm videos explore what a brain-controlled computer might feel like

    [Based on definitions of presence that involve an illusion of nonmediation or at least partial overlooking of the role of technology in an experience – a seemingly direct connection to mediated places, people and events, brain-computer interface (BCI) technology has great potential to evoke presence experiences. But how would it work? This story from Fast Company describes a series of videos by design firm Card79 that explores this question. The original story includes four more images and a 3:45 minute video from the series; the other videos are available on Card79’s website. –Matthew] What a brain-controlled computer might feel like…

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  • Call: 10th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2022)

    Call For Papers The 10th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2022) December 5-8, 2022 Christchurch, New Zealand [but see “Covid Response” below] https://hai-conference.net/hai2022/ Submission deadlines: Full paper submissions:  June 21, 2022 Poster submissions:  August 2, 2022 Workshop submissions:  July 15, 2022 The Tenth International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2022) aims to be the premier interdisciplinary venue for discussing and disseminating state-of-the-art research and results that have implications across conventional interaction boundaries including robots, software agents and digitally-mediated human-human communication. HAI will gather researchers from fields spanning engineering, computer science, psychology and sociology, and will cover diverse topics, including:…

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  • Google Maps’ Immersive View makes it “feel like you’re right there” before you go

    [Google recently announced a new Immersive View mode for Google Maps, as reported in the story below by The Verge. Ars Technica includes some interesting details in its coverage: “For most uses, Google Maps is a flat, 2D app, and if your device can handle more graphics and a bit more data, you can fire up the Google Earth 3D data set and get 3D buildings. At Google I/O Google has announced a new level that turns the graphics slider way, way up on Google Maps: Immersive View. When exploring an area in Google Maps, the company says Immersive View…

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  • Call: ACM SAP 2022: ACM Symposium on Applied Perception

    Call for Papers ACM Symposium on Applied Perception September 22-23, 2022 Online http://sap.acm.org/2022/ Deadline for abstract submission: May 30, 2022 Deadline for paper submission: June 3, 2022 The ACM Symposium on Applied Perception (ACM SAP) provides an intimate forum for researchers who combine knowledge, methods, and insights from perception research and computer science disciplines. This includes such disciplines as cognitive psychology, perceptual psychology, psychophysics, behavior-analysis, and neuroscience on the perceptual side and computer graphics, computer vision, visualization, virtual reality and human-computer interfaces on the visual computing side. The interdisciplinary focus of this conference acknowledges that the various scientific disciplines in perception research…

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