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  • New 65mm 4K IMAX 3D digital camera gives filmmakers more ways to “get you into the movie”

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    [From Phys.org, where the story includes more images and a 2:32 minute IMAX video; these and more information are also available from IMAX] [Image: Director/Executive Producer Michael Bay (far right) on the China set of Transformers: Age of Extinction, from Paramount Pictures. Photo credit: Andrew Cooper] Filmmakers to get thrill-ride scenes with IMAX 3D digital camera Jun 16, 2014 by Nancy Owano IMAX has developed a 65mm 4K digital large-format IMAX 3D digital camera. Filmmakers will in turn have access to a “true” 4K stereo camera, meaning, said IMAX, that both the left eye and right eye images are captured…

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  • Call: IUI 2015 – ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces

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    IUI 2015: ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces Atlanta, GA, USA – March 29-April 1, 2015 http://iui.acm.org/ IUI 2015 is the 20th annual meeting of the intelligent interfaces community and serves as the principal international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. IUI is where Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) meets the Artificial Intelligence (AI) community. We’re also very interested in contributions from related fields, such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design, the arts, etc. WHY SUBMIT TO IUI? At IUI our focus is to improve the interaction between machine intelligence and human intelligence…

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  • Colorado teachers get simulator training for active-shooter situations

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    [From 9News (KUSA TV), where the story includes a 2:06 minute video news report] JeffCo teachers go through active-shooter training Christine Noel — June 16, 2014 KUSA – Bear Creek High School staff and faculty are learning life-saving skills in case there is ever an active-shooter situation on campus. Jefferson County Schools has partnered with TI Training, a technology company based out of Colorado that develops training for law enforcement agencies all over the world. Through the company’s school-safety program, simulators are used to arm teachers with the training and knowledge to protect students in critical situations.…

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  • Call: Culture and Space – 14th International Cultural Studies Symposium

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    Call for Papers 14th International Cultural Studies Symposium Theme: Culture and Space Faculty of Letters, Ege University Izmir (Turkey) 6.-8.5.2015 Deadline:  30.12.2014 Edward Soja in his book Postmodern Geographies, says that “We must be insistently aware of how space can be made to hide consequences from us, how relations of power and discipline are inscribed into the apparently innocent spatiality of social life, how human geographies become filled with politics and ideology.”. It is assumed that the spatiality of social life is under the threat and disguise of authoritarian ideologies and practices which may hide the realities of power relations…

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  • CoeLux simulates sun and sky in windowless rooms

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    [From Interesting Engineering, where the story includes many more images] CoeLux brings sunlight to rooms without windows June 14th, 2014 by Allison Blackburn Everyone knows that if experienced responsibly, sunlight is good for you, but in some cases people don’t get enough. For instance, this could be those who work in rooms that are windowless or people who live in the north during winter. A lack of sunlight has been attributed to a condition called Seasonal Affective Disorder. One way of overcoming the winter blues as it is more commonly known is through light therapy. However the lamps on the…

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  • Call: Models of Culture for Intelligent Virtual Agents (MoCIVA)

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    Call for Papers: Models of Culture for Intelligent Virtual Agents (MoCIVA) Call for short and long papers for first MoCIVA workshop co-located with Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA) in Boston, MA – August 27th – 29th. Submissions due June 24th. General page:  http://gaips.inesc-id.pt/mociva/ Link to submission details:  http://gaips.inesc-id.pt:8081/mociva/index.php/submission Position papers: 2 pages Short papers: 4-6 pages Long papers: 10-12 pages MoCIVA topics MoCIVA aims to provide a forum for continued discussion and dissemination of results on several topics related to culture and virtual agents including: Culture-specific virtual agents and robots Agents for teaching cultures, or cross-cultural interaction Models of culture that…

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  • Lowe’s 3-D room makes remodeling a (virtual) reality

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    [From CNBC, where the story includes more pictures and two videos; the press release is available from Lowe’s] Lowe’s 3-D room makes remodeling a (virtual) reality Krystina Gustafson Wednesday, 11 Jun 2014 It’s a question retailers everywhere are grappling with—how do they get shoppers to turn off their computers and step back into the store? Lowe’s thinks it may have found the answer: Give them something they can’t get online. The second-largest home improvement store announced on Wednesday that it will transform the in-store experience by building a 30-by-30 virtual reality room that enables customers to view a 3-D representation…

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  • Call: 2nd International Workshop on ICT for the Preservation and Transmission of Intangible Cultural Heritage

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    The 2nd International Workshop on ICT for the Preservation and Transmission of Intangible Cultural Heritage “How to exchange Cultural Heritage 3D objects and knowledge in Digital Libraries?” 3rd ­ 8th Nov. 2014, Conference Venue: Lemessos, Cyprus http://www.culturalheritage2014.eu/index.php/workshops/ Full paper (max. 10 pages), Project paper (max. 8 pages) or Short paper (max. 6 pages) submission:  June 30th, 2014 Submission system: http://www.culturalheritage2014.eu/index.php/paper-submission/ The Workshop takes place as part of the International Conference on Cultural Heritage (CH), which brings together researchers, policy makers, professionals and practitioners to explore some of the more pressing issues concerning cultural heritage today. In particular, the main goal…

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  • Presence in popular culture: The Tonight Show, Conan and Murder in the First

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    [Here are three examples of presence, not by name of course, in popular culture: First, a demonstration of Sony’s Project Morpheus on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon from Road to VR, where you can watch the 4:34 minute video.] News Bits: Sony’s Project Morpheus Goes Prime Time with Jimmy Fallon and the Tonight Show June 8, 2014 by Paul James The mainstream media are slowly warning up to the advent of virtual reality, or at the very least that demonstrating new and exciting ways to play games pulls viewers of the demographics they’re interested in. Now Sony’s Project Morpheus,…

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  • Call: ARTECH 2015 – 7th International Conference on Digital Arts – Creating Digital e-Motions

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    ARTECH 2015 7th International Conference on Digital Arts – Creating Digital e-Motions. Óbidos, Portugal, March 18-20, 2015 Call for Papers ARTECH 2015 is the Seventh International Conference on Digital Arts, this time hosted by Universidade Aberta in the ancient village of Óbidos, Portugal. The goal of the conference is to promote the interest in the current digital culture and its intersection with art and technology as an important research field, but also as a common space for discussion and exchange of new experiences. Seeking to foster greater understanding about digital arts and culture across a wide spectrum of cultural, disciplinary,…

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  • Is “digital cloning” actors the future of movie making?

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    [From CBS News; a 4:13 minute video report is available here] Is “digital cloning” the future of movie making? CBS News – June 2, 2014 “Maleficent,” the story of a winged fairy turning into a wicked sorceress, brought in $70 million this weekend. The film’s special effects are state of the art. When the tiny fairies fly, you see “pixie-perfect” human faces on them. What was once filmed on a sound stage, is now shot on a “light stage,” reports CBS News’ Carter Evans. The surreal laboratory is the brainchild of Paul Debevec who heads up the University of Southern…

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  • Call: Academic MindTrek Conference 2014

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    ACADEMIC MINDTREK CONFERENCE 2014 Call for Papers, Extended Abstracts, Posters, Demonstration, Workshops, Tutorials 4th to 7th November 2014 Tampere, Finland http://www.academicmindtrek.org, http://www.mindtrek.org Long and short papers, posters, demonstrations, and extended abstracts due on — DEADLINE 30th June 2014 Workshops due on — DEADLINE 30th June 2014 (extended) Tutorials due on — DEADLINE 30th Sept 2014 THEMES: Social Media Ambient/Ubiquitous Media & Open Source Business & Media Human-Computer Interaction Hybrid Media (new track!) Digital Games ICT & E-Government Information Systems & Management in Creativity Industry (new track!) In cooperation with ACM, ACM SIGMM, and ACM SIGCHI Contributions will be published in…

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