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  • Tupac Shakur hologram performs at Coachella music festival, may tour

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    [From The Wall Street Journal, where the story includes more images and multiple videos] Rapper’s De-Light: Tupac ‘Hologram’ May Go on Tour By Ethan Smith April 16, 2012 The biggest buzz at Sunday’s Coachella music festival in California wasn’t for a hot new DJ or indie-rock band. It was for Tupac Shakur, the rapper who died more than 15 years ago and “performed” Sunday night alongside Snoop Dogg and producer Dr. Dre. Internet video of the Sunday evening show became an instant sensation on Monday morning. That response is helping push the possibility of a virtual Tupac tour in coming…

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  • Call: IVA 2012 – Twelfth International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents

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    Call for Papers IVA 2012 Twelfth International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents http://iva2012.soe.ucsc.edu/home September 12-14 Santa Cruz, California, USA Intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) are interactive characters that exhibit human like qualities and communicate with humans or with each other using natural human modalities such as facial expressions, speech and gesture. They are capable of realtime perception, cognition and action that allows them to participate in dynamic social environments. IVA 2012 is an interdisciplinary annual conference and the main leading scientific forum for presenting research on modeling, developing and evaluating intelligent virtual agents with a focus on communicative abilities and social…

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  • Ray Bradbury on how Disneyland humanized robots

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    [From io9] Ray Bradbury on how Disneyland humanized robots By Lauren Davis Apr 15, 2012 Ray Bradbury is a self-professed “Disney nut” and, in 1965, found himself dismayed by an article in the Nation decrying Disneyland as vulgar entertainment. In response, he penned a love letter to Disneyland, defending Walt Disney as a man on the cutting edge of making robots seem human. Bradbury wrote this piece, “The Machine-Tooled Happyland,” for the October 1965 issue of Holiday magazine. It’s a defense of Disneyland, which Bradbury admits he hesitated to visit because it struck him as anti-intellectual. He recalls a fond…

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  • Call: Journal of Virtual Worlds Research (JVWR) issue on Asian Perspectives

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    This call can also be found on the JVWR web site here. Call for Papers Journal of Virtual Worlds Research (JVWR) Issue on Asian Perspectives GUEST EDITORS Kenneth Y T Lim, National Institute of Education, Singapore Young Hoan Cho, National Institute of Education, Singapore Michael Vallance, Future University, Hakodate, Japan DEADLINES Authors submission of abstract: April 15th, 2012 using the Journal publishing system (login at the top right of the journal site, state that you aim at the Asian Perspective issue.) Abstract submission will give authors quick feedback and allow editors to identify reviewers asap. Authors submission of full paper:…

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  • Titanic 3D: Explaining censorship, recreating the last meal, confusing reality and fiction

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    [From The Hollywood Reporter; the original story about the reasons for the censorship appeared in Offbeat China; in a related story in The Telegraph, Twitter users ‘thought Titanic disaster was just a film plot’] Chinese ‘Titanic’ Fans Balk at Cuts to Rerelease UPDATED: Government regulators edit out nude scenes, but the film is expected to surpass the 2D version’s box-office performance. 4/12/2012 by Patrick Brzeski Chinese moviegoers turned up en masse for the debut of Titanic 3D on Tuesday, netting 20th Century Fox International $11.6 million, the second-highest opening-day take ever in the country. The original Titanic earned $44 million…

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  • Call: ACM Symposium on Applied Perception (ACM SAP)

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    The ACM Symposium on Applied Perception (ACM SAP), formerly known as APGV, aims to further the development of inter-disciplinary research that crosses the boundaries between perception and disciplines such as graphics, visualization, vision, haptics and acoustics. These fields can benefit from the exchange of ideas and the scope includes applications and algorithms in any area of research that incorporates elements of perception and computer science. LOCATION: USC Institute for Creative Technologies. Co-located with Siggraph 2012 in Los Angeles DATES: 3-4 August 2012.…

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  • Robot hand communicates grip force, body temperature and touch

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    [From DigInfo TV, where the story includes a 2:13 minute video] Robot Hand Communicates Grip Force, Body Temperature and Touch 27 March 2012 A research group at Osaka University is developing a robot hand for tele-handshaking. It communicates a person’s grip force, body temperature, and touch. “In ordinary video-conferencing systems, it’s difficult even to see life-sized pictures of other people. But by attaching this robot hand, you can shake hands with people at a distance. Shaking hands like this gives a greater sense of other people’s presence than you get with regular video-conferencing systems.”…

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  • Call: ICUIMC 2013 – 7th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication

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    CALL FOR PAPERS I C U I M C 2013 The 7th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication January 17-19, 2013, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia http://www.icuimc.org http://www.imcom.org International cosponsored by SIGAPP GENERAL INFORMATION: This conference explores emerging interests and novel ideas in the area of information management, communication technologies and their implication of social interaction. The aim of the Seventh International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication is to provide a forum promoting new visionary approaches and interdisciplinary researches. The conference brings researchers together from academia and industry, encourages the exchanges of ideas and information, and provides a…

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  • Israelis, Iranians meet to ‘share love’ on Facebook

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    [From The Jerusalem Post] Israelis, Iranians meet to ‘share love’ on Facebook Few Iranians make it past the censors in the unique people-to-people dialogue forum By Niv Elis 03/26/2012 Israelis may not be allowed to travel to Iran in person, but virtual reality may be the next best thing. In the most recent grassroots attempt to build civil society ties between the two peoples, Israelis and Iranians met Monday in a Facebook forum dubbed “ISRAEL ? IRAN PEACE & LOVE World gathering.” Having created an online sensation with their online forum called “Israel-Loves-Iran” in recent weeks, 41-year-old Ronny Edri and…

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  • Call: International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2012)

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    2012 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2012) October 22nd-26th, 2012 Doubletree Suites, Santa Monica, California, USA http://www.acm.org/icmi/2012 SUBMISSIONS WEBSITE IS OPEN KEYNOTE SPEAKERS MULTIMODAL GRAND CHALLENGES ANNOUNCED The International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, ICMI 2012, will take place in Santa Monica, California (USA), October 22nd-26th, 2012. ICMI is the premier international forum for multidisciplinary research on multimodal human-human, human-robot, and human-computer interaction, interfaces, and system development. The conference focuses on theoretical and empirical foundations, component technologies, and combined multimodal processing techniques that define the field of multimodal interaction analysis, interface design, and system development. ICMI 2012 will feature a…

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  • Google+ Virtual Photo Walks let the homebound explore the world

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    [From PetaPixel; more information, including a 23 minute video, is available at The Next Web] Virtual Photo Walks Make Photography Accessible to People with Disabilities Jessica Lum -·Mar 05, 2012 The last time C. Corey Fisk walked was in 1992. She has multiple sclerosis, an incurable disease that affects the central nervous system and gradually took her ability to walk and leave her bed. But early February, she went on a photo walk with photographer John Butterill in the woods behind his house in Ontario, Canada — all from her own home in northern California. The two met only virtually…

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  • Call: IIiX 2012: Fourth Information Interaction in Context Symposium

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    IIiX 2012: Fourth Information Interaction in Context Symposium http://iiix2012.org Nijmegen, the Netherlands, August 21-24, 2012 Call for Papers The Information Interaction in Context conference (IIiX) explores the relationships between and within the contexts that affect information retrieval (IR) and information seeking, how these contexts impact information behavior, and how knowledge of information contexts and behaviors improves the design of interactive information systems. The intention of IIiX is to foster an integrated approach to information access by bringing together members of the research communities in information seeking behavior (Behavior Track), user interface design for IR systems (Interface Track),  interactive IR (Interaction…

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