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  • Learning English and health/safety in 3D virtual environments from anywhere

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    [From Digital Energy Journal] Using 3D virtual environments for training UK company Languagelab helped Tengizchevroil staff learn English up to four times faster than with classroom training, by using virtual reality training. Thursday, June 13, 2013 For Kazakhstan oil company Tengizchevroil (TCO), Languagelab created a system that could be used for both health and safety (HSE) and language training. ‘We worked with them to create a bespoke course for their English language needs, and as the engagement that they had from their students was so much higher that any of their previous online solution providers, they chose to offer our…

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  • Call: ICAT 2013: The 23rd International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence

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    ICAT 2013: The 23rd International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence December 11-13, 2013, Miraikan, Tokyo, Japan http://www.ic-at.org/2013/ IMPORTANT DATES Papers: Submission Deadline: August 10, 2013 Acceptance Notification: September 30, 2013 Camera-Ready Deadline: October 21, 2013 Posters and Demos: Submission Deadline: October 4, 2013 Acceptance Notification: October 18, 2013 Camera Ready Due: November 1, 2013 ICAT 2013 Conference: December 11-13, 2013 ICAT (International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence) is the oldest established international conference on Virtual Reality (VR) and Telexistence. Started in 1991, ICAT has annually brought together VR, MR, and Telerobotics researchers from around the globe. It has…

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  • Think ahead: Robots anticipate human actions

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    [From the Cornell Chronicle; much more information, including a video, is available at the links below. Many media stories about this emphasize the robot’s ability to serve beer at the appropriate time; a few note potential applications for telepresence robots] Think ahead: Robots anticipate human actions By Bill Steele Apr. 29, 2013 A robot in Cornell’s Personal Robotics Lab has learned to foresee human action and adjust accordingly. The robot was programmed to refill a person’s cup when it was nearly empty. To do this the robot must plan its movements in advance and then follow the plan. But if…

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  • Call: Designing Interactive Systems 2014

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    Designing Interactive Systems 2014 Vancouver, BC, Canada June 14-18, 2014 http://www.dis2014.org The ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) is the premier, international arena where designers, artists, psychologists, user experience researchers, systems engineers and many more come together to debate and shape the future of interactive systems design and practice. The theme of the conference is “Crafting Design.” We see the confluence of phenomena that may constitute new approaches and new foci in HCI and interaction design. The re-emergence of hand skills is evident in the development of multi-touch and full body interfaces. DIY and Maker cultures have become a…

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  • How Google is turning maps into virtual reality

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    [From Datamation; reminiscent of Jean Baudrillard’s ideas on simulation] [Image: From Google I/O, May 2013, San Francisco] How Google is Turning Maps Into Virtual Reality The Waze acquisition could bring more user-generated data to Google Maps. June 12, 2013 By Mike Elgan Why did Google, the company that already has the best maps product and the most users, spend a billion dollars to buy a tiny maps startup called Waze that has a fraction of the users ? Why would mighty Google need Waze’s puny map, app or user base? The short answer is that Google didn’t buy Waze’s ability to…

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  • Call: Old Ideas: Recomputing the History of Information Technology (SIGCIS Workshop 2013)

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    Old Ideas: Recomputing the History of Information Technology SIGCIS Workshop 2013 October 13, 2013, Portland, Maine Deadline: June 30, 2013 The Society for the History of Technology’s Special Interest Group for Computers, Information and Society (SIGCIS – http://www.sigcis.org) welcomes submissions for a one-day scholarly workshop to be held on Sunday, October 13, 2013 in Portland, Maine. As in previous years, SIGCIS’s annual workshop will occur immediately after the end of the regular SHOT annual meeting program, the details of which are available from http://www.historyoftechnology.org/annual_meeting.html. Questions about the workshop should be addressed to Thomas Haigh (School of Information Studies, University of…

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  • Japanese Clone Factory lets you create 3D doll versions of yourself

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    [From TAXI, where the post includes many more images; for even more information and images, see Danny Choo. Are these in Mori’s ‘uncanny valley’? Would viewing a doll of yourself evoke self-presence?] Japanese Cloning Factory Lets You Create 3D Doll Versions Of Yourself By Anthea Quay, 13 Jun 2013 In Akhibara, Japan, a company called “Clone Factory” lets you create 3D-printed doll versions of yourself—and even your pets. To create these mini 3D replicas, Clone Factory uses multiple DSLR cameras to take photos of a person’s or an animal’s face from different angles, computers to stitch the pictures and data…

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  • Call: NextMed/MMVR21 – Medicine Meets Virtual Reality

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    NextMed/MMVR21 Medicine Meets Virtual Reality February 20 – 22, 2014 Manhattan Beach Marriott Manhattan Beach, California Important Dates August 1, 2013:  Submission Deadline September 2013:  Registration Opens October 2013:  Initial Program Call for Presentations The 2014 Call for Presentations is now open! The Organizing Committee welcomes innovative research in: Medical simulation and modeling Data visualization and fusion Imaging devices and methods Robotics Haptics Sensors Wearable and implantable electronics Human-computer interfaces Medical intelligence networks Mobile health applications Virtual and augmented reality Projection systems Learning and technology Simulator design and validation Preoperative planning Surgical registration and navigation Psychotherapy tools Physical rehabilitation tools…

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  • Telemedicine for physical therapy: The Avatar will see you now

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    [From MIT’s Technology Review] The Avatar Will See You Now Medical centers are testing new, friendly ways to reduce the need for office visits by extending their reach into patients’ homes. By Jessica Leber on June 10, 2013 Most patients who enter the gym of the San Mateo Medical Center in California are there to work with physical therapists. But a few who had knee replacements are being coached by a digital avatar instead. The avatar, Molly, interviews them in Spanish or English about the levels of pain they feel as a video guides them through exercises, while the 3-D…

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  • Call: Fourth International Joint Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI 2013)

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    Call for Papers Fourth International Joint Conference on Ambient Intelligence AmI 2013 Dublin, Ireland December 3rd-5th 2013 http://www.ami-13.org/ Deadline extended: June, 24th (Final) The AmI-13 conference brings together researchers and practitioners from industry and academia working in the field of technologies and applications of Ambient Intelligence. Ambient Intelligence represents a vision of the future where we shall be surrounded by invisible technological means, sensitive and responsive to people and their behaviors, deliver advanced functions, services and experiences. Ambient intelligence combines concepts of ubiquitous technology, intelligent systems and advanced user interfaces putting the humans in the center of technological developments.

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  • One-year mock Mars mission to be most stringent yet

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    [From SPACE.com, where the story includes a photo gallery] Mock Mars Mission Will Test Stresses of Red Planet Living by Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com Assistant Managing Editor Date: 03 June 2013 The question of how people can live and work together well on a mission to Mars may turn out to be one of the biggest challenges of deep-space exploration. To simulate the experience of a crew stuck inside cramped quarters under stressful conditions, a nonprofit is planning a one-year mock Mars mission in the Arctic. The mission, to begin in July 2014, is being planned by the Mars Society, an…

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  • Call: Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI’13)

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    Call for Papers 5th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications http://www.auto-ui.org/13 Submissions due: June 25th 2013 (extended) Based on a multitude of requests from the Automotive UI Community we have decided to extend the deadline for submissions of Full and Short papers to JUNE 25, PST 23:59 There are just two weeks left to submit your paper to AutomotiveUI, the premier forum for UI research in the automotive domain. The conference is in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI and held on October 28-30, 2013 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Check out the details at: http://www.auto-ui.org/13 AutomotiveUI brings together…

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