CALL FOR PAPERS – Fun and Games 2012 Workshop Conceptualising, Operationalising and Measuring the Player Experience in Videogames In conjunction with Fun and Games 2012 September 4th, 2012 Toulouse, France http://tiny.cc/playexp TOPIC: The player experience is at the core of videogame play. Understanding the facets of player experience presents many research challenges, as the phenomenon sits at the intersection of psychology, design, human-computer interaction, sociology, and physiology. This workshop will bring together an interdisciplinary group of researchers to systematically and rigorously analyse all aspects of the player experience. Methods and tools for conceptualising, operationalising and measuring the player experience form…

Virtual Worlds III 3-5 July, 2012, Paris, France http://www.virtual-worlds.net/vw2012/ Dear colleagues, We are delighted to announce and call for papers for the Third International Conference on Virtual Worlds (VW’2012) which will be held from July 3 to 5, 2012 in Paris (La Défense). Background A Virtual World can be defined as a computer-simulated environment with its own physical and biological laws, populated by dynamic interacting entities such as artificial creatures and human avatars. Whereas Virtual Reality largely focuses on the design of 3D immersive spaces, and Artificial Life on the modeling and study of life-like systems, Virtual Worlds embrace both…