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  • Call: 23rd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2017)

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    Call for Papers, Posters, and Demos VRST 2017: 23rd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology Gothenburg, Sweden, November 08-10 https://vrst.acm.org/vrst2017/ First submission deadline:  June 30, 2017 The 23rd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2017) is an international forum for the exchange of experience and knowledge among researchers, developers, and industry concerned with virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) software and technology. VRST provides an opportunity for VR/AR researchers to interact, share new results, show live demonstrations of their work, and discuss emerging directions for the field. The event is sponsored by ACM SIGCHI and ACM SIGGRAPH.…

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  • VR and presence at the gym

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    [Can presence provide the motivation and distraction for long-term physical fitness? This story from Bloomberg examines some of the issues (and includes two more images). –Matthew] Virtual Reality Hits the Gym Icaros lets exercisers feel like they’re flying or diving Skeptics say gimmicks won’t trick brain into making body work by Yuji Nakamura April 26, 2017 Johannes Scholl is betting virtual reality can keep people excited about working out. Scholl’s startup, Munich-based Icaros GmbH, has developed a VR exercise machine that delivers a core workout by making it seem like users are flying and deep-ocean diving. About 200 gyms and…

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  • Call: Cyborg Classics: An Interdisciplinary Symposium

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    Call for Abstracts Cyborg Classics: An Interdisciplinary Symposium University of Bristol, UK Friday July 7, 2017 Submission deadline: May 31, 2017 We are pleased to announce a one-day symposium, sponsored by BIRTHA (The Bristol Institute for Research in the Humanities and Arts) to be held at the University of Bristol, on Friday July 7, 2017. Keynote speakers: Dr Kate Devlin (Goldsmiths) Dr Genevieve Liveley (Bristol) Dr Rae Muhlstock (NYU) The aim of the day is to bring together researchers from different disciplines – scholars in Archaeology & Anthropology, Classics, English, History, and Theology as well as in AI, Robotics, Ethics,…

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  • Using VR to help prevent falls in the elderly and others

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    [Telepresence via VR is being used to better understand and prevent balance impairments that become more likely as we age; this story is from the UNC Healthcare and UNC Newsroom; the study is available from Nature Scientific Reports.  –Matthew] [Image: Applied Biomechanics Laboratory at UNC (Courtesy of the UNC/NC State Department of Biomedical Engineering)] Can virtual reality help us prevent falls in the elderly and others? For the elderly and people with neurodegenerative conditions, balance is not taken for granted. UNC and NC State biomedical engineers are using a new virtual reality system that might one day be used to…

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  • Call: Automotive HMI: Vehicles in the Transition from Manual to Automated Driving (at People and Computers 2017)

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    Call for Papers 6th Workshop Automotive HMI: Vehicles in the Transition from Manual to Automated Driving colocated with People and Computers (MuC) 2017 (http://muc2017.mensch-und-computer.de/) September 10-13, 2017 | Regensburg http://ws-automotive-hmi.human-machine-interaction.de Submission deadline: June 12, 2017 [via Google Translate: People and Computers 2017 website in English Automotive HMI workshop website in English –ML] Automotive user interfaces and especially automated vehicle technology pose a plenty of challenges to researchers, vehicle manufacturers, and third-party suppliers to support all diverse facets of user needs. To give an example, they emerge from the variation of different user groups ranging from inexperienced, thrill-seeking young novice drivers…

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  • How VR and presence are reinventing Holocaust remembrance

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    [This story from Haaretz discusses design decisions and the power and ethics of presence experiences across media in the most serious of contexts. The original version includes more images and a 0:51 minute video. –Matthew] How Virtual Reality Is Reinventing Holocaust Remembrance In ‘The Last Goodbye’ at the Tribeca Virtual Arcade this month, the viewer wears a virtual-reality headset as a survivor recounts his ordeal at Majdanek. It’s an experience more authentic than ‘Shoah,’ its producer says Neta Alexander (New York) Apr 24, 2017 NEW YORK − When asked a question, Pinchas Gutter doesn’t simply provide an answer − the…

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  • Call: Humans, the Enhanced, and Machines in Law – Science in Public 2017 sessions

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      Call for Papers Humans, the Enhanced, and Machines in Law Part of Science in Public 2017 University of Sheffield July 10-12 Extended deadline: April 25 Science and technology are essential ingredients of our humanity. The emergence of fruitful and diverse scholarly perspectives on the history, practice, communication, governance and impacts of scientific knowledge reflects this fact. Yet rapid scientific and technological change has also unsettled the idea of what it means to be human; for example, through new frontiers in physical and cognitive enhancement, shift to knowledge economies, and potential threats to employment from mass automation. These changes take…

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  • How Facebook is taking mind reading from sci-fi to reality

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    [There’s plenty of press coverage of events and announcements at this week’s F8 Facebook Developer Conference (see Wired on Facebook Spaces VR, The New York Times on AR, and The Guardian for 8 takeaways from the conference), but less attention has been given to the company’s work on brain-computer interfaces. This story is from The Verge, where it includes more images and a 0:15 minute video. –Matthew] How Facebook is taking mind reading from sci-fi to reality Regina Dugan: ‘This isn’t cocktail party talk.’ by Nick Statt Apr 20, 2017 The rumblings started months ago. Through a series of peculiar job…

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  • Call: 26th IEEE International Symposium on Human and Robot Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2017)

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    Call for Papers, Special Sessions, and Workshops/Tutorials RO-MAN 2017 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication Pestana Palace Hotel, Lisbon, Portugal August 28 – September 1, 2017 http://www.ro-man2017.org The Call for Papers in PDF format can be downloaded here. Important Dates/Deadlines: Proposals for Special Sessions: Feb 6, 2017; Proposals for Workshops & Tutorials: March 19, 2017; Special Session Papers Submission: March 26, 2017; Regular Paper Submission: March 26, 2017; Video session contribution deadline: May 2, 2017; Notification of Regular Paper Acceptance: May 26, 2017; Final Paper Submission: June 6, 2017. Conference theme: Human-Robot Collaboration and Human Assistance…

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  • Battle mutant spiders as you drop 41 stories in Drop of Doom VR ride

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    [You will never, ever find me on this intense presence-evoking ride. The story below is from NJ.com, where it features a photo gallery and a 0:45 minute video; for more information see the Six Flags press release mentioned in the story as well as another one with information about other Six Flags VR rides. –Matthew] Six Flags announces new ‘extreme’ option for world-record ride By Rob Spahr | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com April 20, 2017 JACKSON – Thrill seekers will soon have the opportunity to test their nerves even more on the world’s tallest and fastest drop ride at…

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  • Call: Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) 2017 Workshop – People, Personal Data and the Built Environment

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    Call for Participation Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) 2017 Workshop – People, Personal Data and the Built Environment Edinburgh, Scotland Saturday 10th June http://dis2017peopledataandbuildings.blogspot.co.uk Submission deadline: 27th April Organisers: Holger Schnädelbach (University of Nottingham) David Kirk (Northumbria University) Nick Dalton (Northumbria University) Nils Jäger (University of Nottingham) Elizabeth Churchill (Google) Sara Nabil (Newcastle University) Personal data is increasingly important in our lives. We use personal data to quantify our behaviour, through health apps or for ‘personal branding’ and we are also increasingly forced to part with our data to access services. With a proliferation of embedded sensors, the built environment is…

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  • VR and presence shaping the future of insurance

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    [This story from Insurance & Risk presents some intriguing scenarios for the use of presence (though they also raise security, privacy and other concerns). For more, see the Bain & Company website for the new report “Digitalization in Insurance: The Multibillion Dollar Opportunity.” –Matthew] [Image: Source: Newmark Insurance] Virtual Reality Shaping the Future of General Insurance Virtual Reality (VR) could shape the future of general insurance says third party claims expert Peter Tomkins. 19 April ’17 “Traditionally, the biggest challenge insurers face is understanding risk. Modern technology has come a long way to address this need – insurers are now…

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