Author: Matthew Lombard


  • Call: Journal of Digital Media & Interaction (JDMI)

    Journal of Digital Media & Interaction (JDMI) https://proa.ua.pt/index.php/jdmi/index Call for Articles for Issue Number 4 Submission of full articles: 10 November 2019 Notification of acceptance: 10 December 2019 Revised version: 15 December 2019 Publication: 30 December 2019 PRESENTATION AND SCOPE The Journal of Digital Media & Interaction is an open access journal that addresses research on enhancing user experience in digital media applications in creative, cultural and social contexts. It focuses on the socio-technological challenges seen from a transdisciplinary perspective, grounded in media studies and interaction design, as well as in communication, human-computer interaction, cultural studies, design, psychology, sociology and…

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  • Parasocial “ASMR boyfriend role-play” YouTubers help viewers get a good night’s rest

    [With echoes of The Lonesome Gal, here’s a fascinating modern example of parasocial interaction (social-actor-within-medium presence) from The New York Times. See the original story for 3 more pictures and 3 videos, and for more information listen to a 10 minute KCRW interview with the story’s author. –Matthew] What Does Having a Boyfriend Have to Do With Sleep? On YouTube, young men role-play as kindly romantic partners — all in service of a better night’s rest. By Kaitlyn Wylde October 2, 2019 Owen Dennis Riley, 17, has never had a girlfriend. But he plays a boyfriend to at least half…

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  • Call: International Conference: Future Law, Ethics, and Smart Technologies

    Call for Presentation Abstracts International Conference: Future Law, Ethics, and Smart Technologies February 20, 2020, 8 AM – 5 PM Constitution Hall, Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania (Building 1), Gedimino pr. 53 Vilnius, Lithuania Deadline for submission of abstracts: November 30 While the unprecedented technological advances in information technologies, robotics, AI, and related fields in recent decades have had a number of positive effects in almost every area of human life, they have also brought significant concerns in how the rapidly growing development and utilization of smart technologies impinge on future law, ethics, and (legal) education. Some of the…

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  • Engage Virtual Range provides serious gun training or adrenaline rushing entertainment

    [A new virtual gun range in Medina, Ohio offers valuable training for law enforcement and the public, as well as entertainment and friendly competition – all without the danger of real firearms. This story from Cleveland.com provides the details. –Matthew] [Image: Credit: Mary Jane Brewer] Engage Virtual Range provides serious gun training or adrenaline rushing entertainment — you choose By Mary Jane Brewer, special to cleveland.com Posted October 24, 2019 MEDINA, Ohio — Engage Virtual Range — a virtual gun range for building skills, accuracy and confidence — opened in August at 5035 Beach Road in Medina. The three simulators…

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  • Call: “AI and its Discontents” issue of Interdisciplinary Science Reviews

    Artificial Intelligence and its Discontents Call for Papers for a special issue of Interdisciplinary Science Reviews (https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/yisr20) Guest Editor: Colin Shunryu Garvey, Fellow, Human-Centered AI Institute, Stanford University Deadline for abstracts: November 15, 2019 This is increasingly the Age of AI. Artificial Intelligence, the suite of technologies that make machines capable of performing tasks considered “intelligent” when performed by people, is colonizing an increasing number of domains, from Internet search and social media to the natural sciences and even criminal sentencing. AI may soon become ubiquitous, coextensive with civilization itself, a taken-for-granted feature of modernity like electricity or running water.…

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  • Meeting the ‘Mona Lisa’ for an intimate (virtual) rendezvous

    [The New York Times reports on a new way to experience the Mona Lisa (and other art). See the original version of the story for 6 different pictures as well as coverage in ArtNet and a 4:49 minute video from HTC Vive via YouTube. –Matthew] [Image: Source: RFI] Meeting the ‘Mona Lisa’ for an Intimate (Virtual) Rendezvous Visitors to the Louvre will experience Leonardo da Vinci’s world through a virtual-reality tour that brings them closer to the masterpiece than ever before. By Doreen Carvajal October 15, 2019 PARIS — Mona Lisa’s lingering smile remains the same, but she is getting…

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  • Call: TCC (Technology, Colleges and Community) 2020 Worldwide Online Conference

    Call for Proposals 2020 25th Anniversary Special! TCC (Technology, Colleges and Community) Worldwide Online Conference Vision 2020 April 14-16, 2020 Homepage: tcchawaii.org Hashtag: #tccsilver Submission deadline: December 20, 2019 Submission form: http://bit.ly/tcc2020proposal In celebration of its 25th anniversary, TCC 2020@25 will feature a Day in the Life of TCC with continuous plenary sessions throughout 24 hours on Wednesday. Tuesday and Thursday will feature usual participant presentations. Additionally, a commemorative pre-conference symposium held on-site at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (March 17-18) will be delivered online to interested parties. TCC Hawaii invites faculty, support professionals, librarians, counselors, student affairs professionals,…

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  • Microsoft’s DreamWalker replaces real-world walk with a virtual reality

    [This post from the Microsoft Research Blog is featured in new press coverage of the company’s DreamWalker system as well as other innovations. DreamWalker uses VR to substitute the experience of walking through a real world environment with a parallel walk through a virtual one (which of course raises some important safety concerns). See the original blog post for several more images and 3 videos. –Matthew] [Image: Source: VentureBeat] A new era of spatial computing brings fresh challenges—and solutions—to VR October 21, 2019 By Microsoft blog editor Virtual reality (VR) has continually pushed the boundaries of how we perceive, from its…

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  • Jobs: Research Fellows at Heriot-Watt University in Conversational AI/NLP and HRI

    Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, Great Britain Interaction Lab, Department of Computer Science Research Associate / Research Fellow in Conversational AI and NLP https://www.hw.ac.uk/about/work/jobs/job_SVJDMjQzMTY.htm Research Associate / Research Fellow in Human-Robot Interaction https://www.hw.ac.uk/about/work/jobs/job_SVJDMjQzMTU.htm Application deadline: 15 November 2019 ABOUT HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY Heriot-Watt University has five campuses: three in the UK (Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Orkney), one in Dubai and one in Malaysia. The University offers a highly distinctive range of degree programmes in the specialist areas of science, engineering, design, business and languages. With a history dating back to 1821, Heriot-Watt University has established a reputation for world-class teaching and practical, leading-edge…

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  • LG enhances South Korean TV sets with shoppable augmented reality ads

    [Products featured on home shopping channels, and various other objects in other genres, will be entering TV viewers’ living rooms thanks to LG and Eyecandylab, as described in this story from Next Reality. See the original version for 3 more pictures and a 1:46 minute video; for more information see the press release via PR Newswire. –Matthew] LG Enhances South Korean TV Sets with Shoppable Augmented Reality Ads By Cristina Brooks October 21, 2019 Best known for its mobile phones and television sets, South Korea’s LG has had a quieter presence in the US compared to the country’s homegrown efforts.…

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  • Call: GamiFIN 2020: 4th Annual International GamiFIN Conference

    Call for Papers GamiFIN 2020: 4th Annual International GamiFIN Conference April 1-3, 2020 Levi, Lapland, Finland Conference website: http://gamifinconference.com/ Full CFP: http://gamifinconference.com/cfp2020/ NEWS DEADLINE EXTENDED. New deadline: November 3, 2019 Fast-track option to AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction| Electronic Markets | Internet Research Elisa Mekler and Andreas Lieberoth announced as Keynote speakers! IMPORTANT DATES November 3, 2019: Submissions deadline for papers December 20, 2019: Notifications of acceptance sent to authors of papers January 15, 2020: Submissions deadline for posters and doctoral consortium January 31, 2020: Acceptance for posters and doctoral consortium entries February 28, 2020: Registration deadline for authors March…

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  • Presence after death: What happens if your mind lives forever on the internet?

    [This is a wonderfully vivid description of what it might be like for both the biological and simulated versions of a person when technology allows digital duplication of minds and the presence after death that that suggests. The story is from The Guardian, where the original includes 4 more pictures. –Matthew] [Image: Credit: James Melaugh] What happens if your mind lives for ever on the internet? It may be some way off, but mind uploading, the digital duplication of your mental essence, could expand human experience into a virtual afterlife Michael Graziano, professor of psychology and neuroscience at Princeton University…

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