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Author: Matthew Lombard

  • Scan Pyramids VR lets you walk in the footsteps of the Pharaohs

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    [The project described in this story from Huffington Post UK is another example of the potential power of presence, including in this case “collaborative immersion”; the original version includes more images and a 1:36 minute video. For more information see the Scan Pyramids VR project page on the Emissive website. –Matthew] Virtual Reality Goggles Can Now ‘Teleport’ You Into The Pyramid Housing A Mysterious Void Walk in the footsteps of the Pharaohs… November 8, 2017 Sara C Nelson, Senior Editor, The Huffington Post UK A team of scientists have created a virtual reality tour that allows users to ‘teleport’ themselves…

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  • Call: PervasiveHealth 2018

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    Call For Papers PervasiveHealth 2018 – 12th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare May 21-24, 2018 New York, United States http://pervasivehealth.org/ Submission Deadline: January 26, 2018 PervasiveHealth Conference will be held in Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, May 21 – 24, 2018. The overall goal of the Pervasive Health Conference is to take a multidisciplinary approach to Pervasive Healthcare Technology research and development. The Pervasive Healthcare Conference aims to gather technology experts, practitioners, industry and international authorities contributing towards the assessment, development and deployment of pervasive medical based technologies, standards and procedures. We welcome contributions from…

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  • Is presence addictive? Fiction (“OtherLIfe” on Netflix) and researchers try to answer

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    [Fictional portrayals of people experiencing presence and its positive and negative effects and consequences can be both entertaining and thought-provoking (a group of us are studying them here); this story from Slate is about portrayals, and the possibility of actual, addiction to presence (and includes a quote from our colleague Skip Rizzo). You can find the new film OtherLife on Netflix and read a review in The Guardian (warning: spoilers). For more on Dr. Mehta’s research with rats, there’s a 46 minute interview with him on the Smart Drug Smarts podcast. –Matthew] The Ultimate Escapism Sci-fi has been warning us…

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  • Call: Chapters/Papers for book “Philosophy and Moving Image”

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    Call: Chapters/Papers for book “Philosophy and Moving Image” Submission deadline: November 13, 2017 Dear All, A call for chapters/papers is open for a collective book on Philosophy and Moving Image. The book will be edited by Chris Rawls (Roger Williams University), Diana Neiva (University of Porto) and Steven S. Gouveia (University of Minho). Confirmed contributors: Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo; Malcolm Turvey; Dina Mendonça; Noël Carroll; Tom McClelland; Chris Falzon; Paisley Livingston; Christopher Grau; Robert Sinnerbrink; Hunter Vaughan; David Davies; Deborah Knight; Trevor Ponech. TOPICS: Topics and issues of interest include (but are not limited to): Classical and contemporary film theory (formalist,…

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  • Boring but compelling new IKEA ads: The role of presence

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    [A new series of successful video ads for IKEA seems to violate the rules of successful advertising but perfectly illustrates the power of presence; the story below is from AdWeek and includes three of the ads and a 2:22 minute ‘case study’ video; and coverage in Bustle makes the connection to ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response). –Matthew] Ikea Just Made the Most Boring Preroll Ads, Yet They’re Totally Mesmerizing Åkestam Holst does its own version of unskippable spots By Angela Natividad October 30, 2017 Ikea touts itself as a brand that draws inspiration from the everyday lives of people. In…

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  • Call: The Science of Consciousness (TSC) Conference 2018

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    Call for Abstracts and Pre-Registration ‘The Science of Consciousness’ Conference April 2-7, 2018 Loews Ventana Canyon Resort – Tucson, Arizona http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/ General Conference Abstracts Deadline: December 15 The Science of Consciousness (‘TSC’) is an interdisciplinary conference emphasizing broad and rigorous approaches to all aspects of the study and understanding of conscious awareness. Topical areas include neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, biology, quantum physics, meditation, altered states, machine consciousness, the nature of reality, culture and experiential phenomenology. Held annually since 1994, the conference is hosted by the Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona, and alternates yearly between Tucson, Arizona and…

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  • ‘Holograms From Syria’ refuses to let you ignore the haunting images of war

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    [This story from Study Breaks is about the use of augmented reality to create presence illusions for a serious and extremely valuable purpose. The original story includes several more images. –Matthew] ‘HOLOGRAMS FROM SYRIA’ REFUSES TO LET YOU IGNORE THE HAUNTING IMAGES OF WAR Bennington College student Asad J. Malik, also known by his alias 1RIC, seeks to bring the gruesome reality of war to the forefront with his latest project “Holograms from Syria.” By Marissa Cortes, Stony Brook University November 1, 2017 Early in the morning on September 2, 2015, before the sun had risen and the pops of…

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  • Call: British Society of Aesthetics Postgraduate Conference: Movement and Aesthetics

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    Call for Papers The Fourth British Society of Aesthetics Postgraduate Conference: Movement and Aesthetics 27 – 28 April 2018 University of Durham, UK Keynote Speakers: Associate Professor Barbara Gail Montero, CUNY Dr Jenny Judge, NYU Deadline for abstracts: January 7th 2018 We are pleased to invite abstracts for submission to the Fourth BSA Postgraduate Conference, Movement and Aesthetics. This two-day conference will provide an opportunity for postgraduates to present their work in a supportive and stimulating environment, and to interact with each other and with established members of the academic community. The aim of this postgraduate conference is to examine…

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  • Huge new VR theme park, studio, and R&D center to open in Guizhou China

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    [The original version of this widely-cited story from the Daily Mail includes many more pictures of the new East Valley of Science and Fantasy; for more information see the project’s (English) website. –Matthew] Spectacular pictures show China’s £1 billion virtual reality sci-fi theme park which lets tourists visit aliens, ride UFOs and fight dragons Virtual reality attraction is developed by the stock market listed Oriental Times Media Corp’s animation unit The massive park is situated in Guizhou province, China, and the first phase is set to complete in December A main feature is an impressive 174ft tall transformer structure constructed…

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  • Call: British Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2018)

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    CALL FOR PAPERS British Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2018) 2-6 July, 2018, Belfast, Northern Ireland http://hci2018.bcs.org/ twitter: @HCI_2018 Due date for all paper submissions: 31 March, 2018 This is the 32nd Annual Conference of the British Human Computer Interaction Conference in association with the British Computer Society (ACM Proceedings). In 2018, it will be held in the atmospheric city centre of Belfast in Northern Ireland. (“Belfast, one of the top ten World Class conference locations” – Financial Times; See the Belfast video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNDto-iGgXI) This leading HCI conference is well established and has been running for over 30 years attracting…

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  • New HMD attachment lets you feel wind in virtual reality

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    [This new product adds the “4D” element of wind to VR to enhance the sense of presence, and the ZephVR website says “Beyond wind, our technology will enable all sorts of peripherals and physical effects—temperature, vibration, rain, or anything else people can think up—so that they work with all VR content, automatically.” The story is from BGR, where it includes an additional image. For more information see the ZephVR website and press kit. –Matthew] Meet the new accessory that lets you actually feel virtual reality Andy Meek October 30th, 2017 The team behind a new accessory for virtual reality headsets…

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  • Call: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA) London 2018

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    Call for Submissions EVA London 2018 10 -12 July http://www.eva-london.org/ Submission deadline: 15th January 2018 We are excited to announce that the EVA London 2018 conference will take place from Tuesday 10th July – Thursday 12th July 2018. In addition, there will be a Pre-Conference Symposium on Monday 9th July 2018 and a further event on Friday 13th July 2018, to be announced in the coming weeks. We will once again bring together artists, designers, researchers, technologists from all over the world, to discuss electronic visualisation technologies in art, design, music, dance, theatre, the sciences and more. EVA London 2018…

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