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  • Call: Behavior Coordination between Humans, Animals and Robots – ICDL-EPIROB 2014 Workshop

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    Call for Abstracts Workshop on Behavior Coordination between Humans, Animals and Robots @ IEEE ICDL-EPIROB 2014 Genoa, Italy Oct. 13, 2014 DEADLINE:  Sept. 15, 2014 http://icdl14.bplaced.net/wordpress/ http://www.icdl-epirob.org/ Contact:  hagen.lehmann@iit.it Organizers: Luisa Damiano Research Centre on Complex Systems / Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy and Hagen Lehmann Italian Institute of Technology, iCub Facility, Genoa, Italy This workshop intends to bring together specialists investigating one or more aspects of behavior coordination in three different research domains: human-human interaction, human-animal interaction, human-robot interaction. The aim is to develop an interdisciplinary dialogue directed towards cross-fertilization between these fields,…

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  • Humans communicate info brain-to-brain over internet

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    [From Motherboard; see PLOS One for more information] [Image: An overview of the brain-to-brain interface. Image: PLOS One] Scientists Found a Way to Email Brain Waves Written by Jordan Pearson August 20, 2014 Researchers have successfully communicated words from one brain to another over the internet. Brain wave-sensing technology, which utilizes electroencephalography-powered headsets, has already been demonstrated to do all kinds of impressive things, such as piloting an aircraft or controlling a robot. Now, researchers are investigating how to telepathically communicate with the tech. An international team of researchers was able to use electroencephalography (EEG) to convert the words “hola”…

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  • Call: EdMedia 2015

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    Call for Participation EdMedia 2015 June 22 – 25 Montréal, Québec, Canada Submissions Deadline: December 12, 2014 Proposal Submission Guide & Form [This call:  http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/call.htm] INVITATION EdMedia–World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications is an international conference, organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). This annual conference serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the discussion and exchange of information on the research, development, and applications on all topics related to multimedia, hypermedia and telecommunications/distance education. EdMedia, the premiere international conference in the field, spans all disciplines and levels of education and annually attracts more…

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  • Immersive Dolby Atmos tech entering home and mobile markets

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    [From The Register, where the story includes many more images] Dolby Atmos is coming home and it sounds amazing Don’t bin your multichannel home cinema system just yet By Steve May, 13 Aug 2014 Can Dolby Atmos save the beleaguered home cinema business? With sales of AV receivers tanking, makers of multichannel home theatre receivers are banking on the latest in surround sound technology to rekindle interest. Dolby Atmos has been called 3D for your ears. It’s a cute label to describe a tangible leap forward for movie audio. Unlike traditional surround sound, Atmos is object rather than channel based,…

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  • Call: HCI International 2015

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    HCI International 2015 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 2-7 August, 2015 Los Angeles, California, USA http://www.hcii2015.org/ PROPOSALS SUBMISSION DEADLINES: Papers:  17 October 2014 Tutorials:  17 October 2014 Posters:  20 February 2015 HCI International 2015, jointly with the affiliated Conferences, which are held under one management and one registration, invite you to Los Angeles, California, USA, to participate and contribute to the international forum for the dissemination and exchange of up-to-date scientific information on theoretical, generic and applied areas of HCI, through the following modes of communication: Plenary / Keynote Presentation, Parallel Sessions, Poster Sessions, Tutorials and Exhibition. The Conference…

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  • “Experiencing is believing”: What VR could mean for ads and brands

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    [From The Guardian] Experiencing is believing: what virtual reality could mean for ads and brands If Facebook can pull off mass adoption of Oculus Rift, how will it change media and marketing? Mike McGee dares to dream Posted by Mike McGee 28 August 2014 Facebook is hoping to create 1bn users for its virtual reality (VR) acquisition, Oculus. Sounds overly ambitious doesn’t it? But not impossible. After all, Google managed this level of adoption for Android. So let’s assume for a moment that it’s feasible and ask ourselves how mass uptake of VR will affect media and marketing? VR is…

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  • Job: Postdoc researcher in HCI for remote patient care project in Ireland

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    The Centre for Affective Solutions for Ambient Living Awareness (CASALA) at Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland are seeking to hire a postdoctoral researcher in Human Computer Interaction, full-time, for a 12-month project, with potential for extension for one further year. This project is an academic-industry collaboration being undertaken with Fujitsu Ireland and University College Dublin as partners. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The main goal of the project is to design, deploy and evaluate health and wellness technologies to support clinicians in remotely monitoring their patients. The postdoc will work closely with clinicians to design appropriate interfaces and visualisations of patient data, ultimately…

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  • Projection mapping and face tracking tech blur fantasy and reality

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    [From RocketNews24, where the story includes the 2:19 minute video (via Vimeo), along with many images from it] Amazing real-time projection mapping technology blurs line between fantasy and reality [Video] Kay August 24, 2014 Projection mapping is a technology we seem to be hearing about quite often these days, and you may have seen it being used at various events or amusement park shows. But the video that we’re sharing with you today makes use of a highly unexpected and unusual surface to create a series of projection mapped images quite unlike anything we’ve seen before. In fact, the technology…

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  • Call: Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA 2015)

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    2015 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA 2015) 12th to 14th June 2015 Shenzhen, China Organized by:  IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society and IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Website:  http://2015.civemsa.ieee-ims.org/ Papers are currently being solicited on all aspects of computational intelligence, human-computer interaction technologies, and virtual environments for measurement systems & the related applications, from the points of view of both theory & practice IMPORTANT DATES: Full Paper Submission:  Thursday, Jan 01, 2015 Acceptance Notification:  Sunday, Feb 01, 2015 Final Paper Submission:  Sunday, Mar 01, 2015 To increase the quality of life…

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  • Developer warns first death in VR coming

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    [From GamesIndustry.biz;  Gizmodo’s coverage is headlined “Could Virtual Reality Seem Real Enough To Kill You?”] [Image: From the 14:50 minute YouTube video “Oculus FACEBOOK Rift: The Best and Funniest OR Reactions Ever Compilation”] “We’re very close to having the first death in VR” Cloudhead Games’ Denny Unger warns devs of the responsibility that comes with VR’s immersive power By Matthew Handrahan Fri 22 Aug 2014 The emergence of virtual reality is one of the most exciting trends in contemporary game development. The unparalleled sense of immersion it affords points toward a whole new era of interactive entertainment, but that potential…

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  • Call: MuseumNext 2015

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    MuseumNext 2015 Geneva, Switzerland 19 – 21 April 2015 http://www.museumnext.com/ MuseumNext is Europe’s major conference on the future of museums. The event brings together delegates from around the world to discuss ‘what’s next?’ for the museum sector. We are now inviting the international museum community to participate in our 2015 conference by proposing presentations, workshops or panel discussions on the subject of ‘What’s next for museums?’ We are seeking excellent examples of today which shine a light on the museum of tomorrow. The conference will be a dialogue about what’s next in all aspects of the museum, including architecture, exhibitions,…

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  • Project Syria uses VR to bring trauma of Syrian war to life

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    [From Motherboard, where the story features two videos and several more images] A New Virtual Reality Tool Brings the Daily Trauma of the Syrian War to Life Written by Christopher Malmo August 23, 2014 The situation for journalism in Syria is grim, and getting worse. With Bashar al-Assad on one side, and a handful of extremist rebel groups like the Islamic State on the other, journalist abductions and intimidation are common, with sometimes sickening results. For a few years now, Syria has been categorized by the Committee to Protect Journalists as the most dangerous country in the world to be…

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