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  • Call: Craft Research

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    CRAFT RESEARCH CALL for SUBMISSIONS for the FOURTH ISSUE of CRAFT RESEARCH Editors Dr Kristina Niedderer, University of Wolverhampton, UK email: k.niedderer@wlv.ac.uk Dr Katherine Townsend, Nottingham Trent University email: katherine.townsend@ntu.ac.uk Submission The final date for submission of contributions for the fourth issue is Friday 1 June 2012. For guidance notes or further information, or to submit an article or review, please contact the editors or visit the journal’s website for details: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=172/ Aims & Scope Craft Research is the first peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to the development and advance of contemporary craft practice and theory through research. The aim of…

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  • Petros Vrellis makes Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ interactive

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    [From The Huffington Post] Petros Vrellis Makes Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ Interactive Posted: 02/10/2012 4:08 pm Imagine being Vincent Van Gogh. Imagine giving form to “Starry Night” with your hands. With the help of Petros Vrellis, playing the artist instead of the observer is now possible. The Greek artist created an interactive template of “Starry Night” — through the use of open source C++ toolkit openFrameworks, Vrellis made a touch interface that allows the viewer to repaint the piece of art.…

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  • Call: Machine Question: AI, Ethics, and Moral Responsibility – AISB/IACAP Symposium

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    Machine Question: AI, Ethics, and Moral Responsibility Symposium for AISB / IACAP World Congress 2012 – Alan Turing 2012 In recognition of the Turing Centenary, the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (AISB) will convene a joint meeting with the International Association of Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) on 2-6 July 2012 at the University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. As part of this meeting, we are hosting a symposium titled The Machine Question: AI, Ethics, and Moral Responsibility. The symposium, which will take place 3-4 July 2012, seeks to bring philosophers, AI scientists, robotics engineers,…

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  • Man plays with dog from work with robotic surrogate

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    [From Geek-O-System via Telepresence Options;  a 4:55 minute video is available here] Man Plays With Dog From Work With Robotic Surrogate by Max Eddy | February 11th, 2012 Jordan Correa and his wife had a problem. Because they both worked full-time jobs, they weren’t able to spend time at home during the day with their new dog Darwin. Instead of painfully readjusting their lives, Correa did what any man with training in robotics and engineering would do: He built a telepresence robot surrogate that he could control from work to play with his dog. You know, the obvious solution.…

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  • Call: SMPTE 2012 Technology Summit on Cinema: Advances in Image and Sound

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    SMPTE 2012 Technology Summit on Cinema: Advances in Image and Sound Date: Sat, 04/14/2012 – 9:00am – Sun, 04/15/2012 – 5:00pm SMPTE will hold its annual Technology Summit On Cinema: Advances in Image and Sound (formerly Digital Cinema Summit) at the NAB Show on 14-15 April 2012 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Cinema Technology has historically been in the forefront of motion imaging invention.  Over the years, revolutionary new technologies were first tested and proven in the movie theater, only later to become mainstream in television broadcast or gaming.  Examples include the introduction of sound, color, widescreen, stereo, computer…

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  • India’s “Sixth Sense” 6D theatre

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    [From The Hindu] With the heart in your mouth Shilpa Nair Anand Kochi, February 1, 2012 A snake hissing in the face, feeling its breath on the back of the neck and wondering if it IS a snake near the feet…it is the ultimate ‘6D’ experience at the recently opened ‘Sixth Sense’ digital studio at Abad Nucleus Mall. It is an entirely different movie viewing experience. It is a heady mix for the senses. Twenty-four seats, 3D glasses, phones on mute, handbags on the aisle…why handbags? “It is safer,” says an attendant. Safer? Prudence questions, ‘this is just some short…

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  • Call: Euro-Mediterranean Conference (EUROMED 2012) – Cultural heritage

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    4th International Euro-Mediterranean Conference – EUROMED 2012 October 29th – November 3rd, 2012 Limassol, Cyprus http://www.euromed2012.eu Dear colleagues, We are glad to invite you to the 4th Int. Euro-Mediterranean Conference (EUROMED 2012) which will be held in Limassol (Cyprus) October 29th to November 3rd, 2012 at the Amathus-Limassol hotel. The 4th EUROMED conference brings together researchers, policy makers, professionals, fellows and practitioners to explore some of the more pressing issues concerning Cultural Heritage today. In particular, the main goal of the conference is to focus on interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary research on tangible and intangible Cultural Heritage, using cutting edge technologies…

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  • Sci-fi-infused videos show off Keiichi Matsuda’s vision of the future

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    [From Wired’s Underwire blog, which includes videos and additional images] [Image: Keiichi Matsuda’s video “Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop” shows off his sci-fi view of the future] Sci-Fi-Infused Videos Show Off Keiichi Matsuda’s Vision of the Future By Matt Fisher January 19, 2012 We are living in the future — Keiichi Matsuda knows that. Working from London and Tokyo, the 27-year-old designer and filmmaker creates innovative videos that blend architecture, virtual reality, social networking and sci-fi, offering a glimpse into how augmented reality could play out in the coming years. His two most recognized films, “Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop” and “Augmented…

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  • Call: FDG 2012 Workshop: Play Experience – Reconciling PX Methods

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    Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) 2012 WORKSHOP Play Experience Workshop – Reconciling PX Methods http://hcigames.businessandit.uoit.ca/gurfdg2012/ CALL FOR PARTICIPATION May 29, 2012 Raleigh, North Carolina Important Dates: March 5, 2012: submissions deadline May 12, 2012: Acceptance notification May 29 2012: Workshop The workshop is scheduled as a 1-day workshop held at Raleigh, North Carolina co-located with FDG May 29, 2012. This workshop will bring together researchers interested in GUR (Games User Research), including game evaluation, player experience, game-user research, game telemetry, think aloud, observed behavior, heuristics, metrics, and psycho-physiological measurements. The main goals of the workshop and the expected outcomes are…

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  • Apple patent reveals plans for 3D on steroids

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    [From PC Magazine] Apple Patent Reveals Plans for 3D on Steroids By Damon Poeter February 10, 2012 Apple has filed a patent application for a 3D eye-tracking graphical user interface (GUI) for personal electronic devices like the iPhone and iPad. The application, published Friday by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, describes technology that could be incorporated in the company’s iOS mobile operating system for use with gaming, photography, video, biometrics, and surveillance applications, according to the Patently Apple blog, which spotted the filing. Apple’s proposed technology essentially uses various techniques to combine aspects of current 3D simulation for handheld…

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  • Call: Journal of Virtual Worlds Research issue on “Managerial and Commercial Applications”

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    The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research (http://jvwresearch.org/) is happy to announce the call for this “Managerial and Commercial Applications” issue edited by Shu Schiller, Wright State University, USA Brian Mennecke, Iowa State University, USA Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA You can access this call directly through our website. The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research (http://www.jvwresearch.org/) is an online, open access academic journal that engages a wide spectrum of scholarship and welcomes contributions from the many disciplines and approaches that intersect with virtual worlds research. Virtual worlds ignite a continuously evolving area of study that spans multiple disciplines and…

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  • Report on military applications of neuroscience examines technologies and ethics

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    [From Wired’s Danger Room blog; a 5:16 minute video from the Royal Society is available here] Neuroscientists to Top Brass: Mess With Minds… Carefully By Katie Scott, Wired.co.uk February 7, 2012 A working group led by the Royal Society has warned the scientific community and the Government to tread carefully when entering the ethical minefield that is the use of neuroscience. A report published today by the Royal Society tackles the divisive issue of the potential uses of neuroscience research by the military or security forces — whether to improve the performance of our troops, to “diminish” the performance of…

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