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Author: Matthew Lombard

  • Largest US employer Walmart adopts VR to train employees

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    [In addition to the scope of the adoption of VR and presence to train employees, note the comments about the non-technology obstacles to adoption identified near the end of this story from Discovery Magazine’s Lovesick Cyborg blog. The original story includes an additional image, and see Walmart’s blog post for more information, more images and 0:52 minute video. –Matthew] [Image: Walmart plans for all of its training academies to incorporate virtual reality experiences by the end of 2017. Credit: STRIVR] Largest US Employer Adopts Virtual Reality Training By Jeremy Hsu June 14, 2017 Virtual reality technology that has helped train…

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  • Call: Realities360 – The Enhanced Realities Conference

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    Call for Participation Realities360 – The Enhanced Realities Conference July 26-28, 2017 San Jose, California At Realities360 Conference, July 26 – 28 in San Jose, California, you can choose from a variety of sessions that will enable you to get up close and personal with enhanced reality technologies and gain the insight to put these technologies into your own training and development work. Peruse over 30 hands-on sessions where peers and industry leaders are sharing best practices, how-tos, case studies, and emerging trends: http://bit.ly/2rC4lzI. Learn more about Realities360: http://bit.ly/2qDXlgO. APPLY AR, VR, AND EXPANDED REALITIES IN YOUR CONTEXT Here’s a…

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  • The challenges and potential of social virtual reality

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    [This thoughtful piece by MT Technology Review writer Rachel Metz considers what it’ll take to make VR a successful platform for communication; the specific design choices will revolve around creating compelling spatial, social and self presence, and require a deep understanding of human nature (including its darker side). The original article includes an additional image. –Matthew] [Image: Credit: David Brandon Geeting] Virtual Reality’s Missing Element: Other People VR can be the basis of a new communications industry if the technology becomes less insular and isolating. by Rachel Metz June 14, 2017 Unlike most people, I have a virtual-reality headset. I…

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  • Call: Philosophy of Virtual and Augmented Reality Workshop

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    Call For Registrations Philosophy of Virtual and Augmented Reality Workshop University of Glasgow, 26th – 27th June 2017 The Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience is pleased to announce the Philosophy of Virtual and Augmented Reality Workshop to be held at the University of Glasgow on Monday 26th & Tuesday 27th June. Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) devices are rapidly becoming part of our everyday lives. This emerging technology lets users experience wholly virtual environments (like distant places, times, or even fantasy worlds) in VR, or virtual objects in the real world (Pokemon in your garden, a virtual engine…

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  • ScreenX extends movie onto theater walls for a 270 degree panoramic experience

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    [The ScreenX technology described in this story from Los Angeles Magazine (which includes a different image) is another attempt to create a strong sense of presence for media consumers. See also the press release via PRWeb. –Matthew] [Image: Source: Nerd Reactor] This is The Only Theater in L.A. Where the Movie Expands Beyond the Screen The new ScreenX technology has arrived at CGV Cinemas in Koreatown June 12, 2017 Lisa Beebe When I sat down at the CGV Cinemas in Koreatown (621 S. Western Ave.), I was sure I was in the wrong place. I was there to see a…

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  • Call: Chapters for “Cases on Immersive Virtual Reality Techniques”

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    Call for Book Chapters: Cases on Immersive Virtual Reality Techniques To be published by IGI Global http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2768 Proposal Submission Deadline: June 30, 2017 Currently, we’re in the early stages of editing “Cases on Immersive Virtual Reality Techniques” to be published by IGI Global (www.igi-global.com) scheduled for release in April/May 2018. In order to strengthen the overall quality of this important publication, we’re looking for possible proposals, reviewers, and the editorial advisers for this valuable reference. Hence, I would like to invite experts from both industry and academia. If this invitation is agreeable to you and does not conflict with your…

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  • Professor using mobile VR to improve access to pedestrian safety education

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    [This news release from the University of Alabama at Birmingham describes an impressive effort to take presence outside the lab to educate children in a vital skill. The original version of the story includes a second image and a 1:11 minute video. A related story can be found in a September 2015 post in ISPR Presence News. –Matthew] [Image: Students in a classroom in Changsha, China, test the Google Cardboard virtual reality training system.] UAB Professor Uses Latest Virtual Reality Technology to Improve Access to Pedestrian Safety Education Newswise (UAB News – University of Alabama at Birmingham Newsroom) 16-Mar-2017 BIRMINGHAM,…

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  • Call: VR, AR for Autonomous Driving and Intelligent Vehicles – Special issue of Presence

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    SPECIAL ISSUE of Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments Virtual and Augmented Reality for Autonomous Driving and Intelligent Vehicles Submission deadline: October 15, 2017 SCOPE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE It is forecasted that augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) automotive applications will increase road safety, bring intuitive activities to driving, and finally enhance driving experience. AR/VR technology may also help on the transition towards automated driving. AR head-up-displays (HUDs) may soon overlay 3D navigation instructions onto road geometry and moving obstacles like vulnerable road users (pedestrians, bikers, wheel-chair users) and other vehicles may be highlighted to calm down the driver-passenger and…

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  • Presence in the reproduction of high culture artifacts and experiences

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    [This story from The Guardian illustrates different ways presence technologies are being used in ‘high culture’ experiences; I think the use of 3D digital replicas of art works displayed in the reproduction of the historic Gothic home Strawberry Hill House is a compelling example of the blurring of authentic and artificial. The original story includes a second image. –Matthew] [Image: 3D replicas of 18th century portraits will be hung in Strawberry Hill House, Twickenham, the home of Horace Walpole. Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian] Step inside Butterfly’s house in virtual reality opera night Arts are embracing cutting-edge tech in…

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  • Call: Unpublished works for a meta-analysis of emotional expressiveness in virtual agents and robots

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    Call for (unpublished) works for a meta-analysis of emotional expressiveness in virtual agents and robots From: Astrid Rosenthal-von der Pütten Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 Dear colleagues, For a meta-analysis of emotional expressiveness in virtual agents and robots we are seeking (unpublished) papers and (unpublished) data-sets. In addition to our literature search queries in different online libraries, we are writing the community in the attempt to gather papers that were presented in workshops without proceedings and unpublished works. We are interested in any kind of experimental study comparing different emotional displays or behaviors of virtual agents or robots (be it facial,…

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  • VR and presence being used to combat high blood pressure, share what MS is like for patients

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    [The two stories below demonstrate the use of presence experiences in health care beyond the hospital or clinic. The first is from VR Fitness Insider, where the original includes more images; for more information see coverage in the Los Angeles Times. –Matthew] VR Can Lower Blood Pressure (You Read That Right) A VR Smart phone app educating patients about the best and worst foods to eat in the context of blood pressure? Yes! By Patrick Ryan June 2, 2017 When virtual reality first debuted, few people thought this technology had the potential to transform medical treatment and improve the human…

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  • Call: Third International Congress on Love and Sex With Robots (LSR 2017)

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    Call for Papers LSR 2017 Third International Congress on Love and Sex With Robots 19-20 December, 2017 Goldsmiths, University of London, UK http://loveandsexwithrobots.org/ Submission Deadline: 1 August 2017 Within the fields of Human-Computer Interaction and Human-Robot Interaction, the past few years have witnessed a strong upsurge of interest in the more personal aspects of human relationships with these artificial partners. This upsurge has not only been apparent amongst the general public, as evidenced by an increase in coverage in the print media, TV documentaries and feature films, but also within the academic community. The International Congress on Love and Sex…

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