Dear Colleagues, Chapter proposals are invited for an edited book on Virtual Worlds in Online and Distance Education, to be published by Athabasca University Press as part of Terry Anderson’s Issues in Distance Education series. The book’s scope will encompass the use of virtual worlds for fully online/distance and blended modes of education in post-secondary settings across the globe. There will be two types of chapters, namely chapters addressing specific themes and issues (5,000-8,000 words) and chapters reporting on case studies (2,000-4,000 words). The Call for Proposals is available online at the following web site: http://www.virtualclassrooms.info/vwwg/vwwgbook.html

The SMPTE Second Annual International Conference on Stereoscopic 3D for Media & Entertainment 21-22 June 2011 Co-located with DV Expo East, taking place on 22 June 2011 Millennium Broadway Hotel, New York City SMPTE (the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) is pleased to invite you to the only scientific event focused solely on the critical technologies needed for widespread and sustained 3D adoption. Once again, we’ll feature the latest work of leading scientists, researchers, and engineers. Better still, we’ve co-located our event with DV Expo East, which takes place on 22 June 2011, and will feature technology exhibits,…

Call for Participation The 10th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2011) 26-29 October 2011 Basel, Switzerland Full Call: CFP_ISMAR_2011.pdf More information: http://www.ismar11.org/ Mixed Reality (MR) and Augmented Reality (AR) allow the creation of fascinating new types of user interfaces, and are beginning to show significant impact on industry and society. The field is highly interdisciplinary, bringing together signal processing, computer vision, computer graphics, user interfaces, human factors, wearable computing, mobile computing, computer networks, displays, sensors, to name just some of the most important influences. MR/AR concepts are applicable to a wide range of applications. Since 1998,…

CALL FOR PAPERS PETMEI 2011 – 1st International Workshop on Pervasive Eye Tracking and Mobile Eye-Based Interaction September 18, 2011 in Beijing, China http://www.petmei.org/ in conjunction with the 13th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2011) Recent developments in mobile eye tracking equipment and automated eye movement analysis point the way toward unobtrusive eye-based human-computer interfaces that are pervasively usable in everyday life. We call this new paradigm pervasive eye tracking – continuous eye monitoring and analysis 24/7. The potential applications for the ability to track and analyse eye movements anywhere and any time call for new research to further…

Visualisations and Simulations Symposium Date: 16-17 June 2011 Duration: 2 days Venue: Anatomy Theatre & Museum, King’s College London http://www.pocos.org/index.php/pocos-symposia/simulations-and-visualisations The popular use of three dimensional models for visually representing information in archaeology, historic buildings, cultural heritage organisations, and academic research has created new challenges for managing and preserving such material. The two-day symposium on Visualisations and Simulations will provide a forum for participants to review and discuss the latest developments in the field, witness real-life case studies, and engage in networking activities. The symposium will promote discussion of the following key topics: Intellectual “Transparency” In 3D Cultural Heritage Models…

Grand Challenge at ACM Multimedia 2011 on “Realistic Interaction in Online Virtual Environments” EMC2 have teamed up with Huawai to present a Grand Challenge at ACM Multimedia 2011 on “Realistic Interaction in Online Virtual Environments”, which we believe may be of interest to you and your colleagues. The challenge provides a captured dataset that provides scope for research into a variety of areas, including the challenges main focus “real-time realistic interaction between humans in online virtual environments”. The provided dataset consists of recordings of a number of Salsa dancers, of differing expertise, from a variety of modalities, including microphones, cameras,…

Workshop: “Collaborative usage and development of models and visualizations” at ECSCW 2011 (European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work) Date: 24 or 25 September, 2011 (still pending) Venue: Aarhus University, Denmark http://www.imtm-iaw.rub.de/events/ecscw/index.html.en Download the workshop description here. The usage of graphical representations of work and business process such as process models can be considered a common practice in modern organizations. As their development can become a complex task it is reasonable to draft them collaboratively. Also they become increasingly useful when used by larger groups throughout an organization. However despite modeling being a popular approach in practice, models are hardly…

Telepresence Options Magazine – Your Guide to Visual Collaboration Telepresence Options is pleased to announce the launch of Telepresence Options Magazine. The new magazine which is available in hard copy and a digital edition covers the latest in telepresence and effective visual collaboration technologies. Readers can reserve a free hard copy and access the digital edition immediately at:  www.TelepresenceOptions.com/magazine The Spring 2011 issue includes: What is Telepresence? The ROI of Telepresence in a World of Economic and Geopolitical Uncertainty Robotic Telepresence: A Primer & Tale of the Tape Understanding the Telepresence Marketplace Creating Telepresence Environments – A Design Guide

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Special issue 2012, Volume 28: Call for articles Virtual worlds in tertiary education: An Australasian perspective Submissions are invited for a forthcoming special issue of AJET to be published in early 2012, entitled Virtual worlds in tertiary education: An Australasian perspective, edited by Mark J.W. Lee (Charles Sturt University and University of New England), Dr Barney Dalgarno (Charles Sturt University) and Dr Helen Farley (University of Southern Queensland) for the DEHub Virtual Worlds Working Group. As announced in AJET Editorial 27(1) and to be publicised through various listservs and society news bulletins, Virtual worlds in…

GAME-ON North America 2011 6th Annual International North-American Conference on AI and Simulation in Games September 28-30, 2011 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York, USA Organized by The European Technology Institute Co-Sponsored by EUROSIS Conference web site: http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=taxonomy/term/294 FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS Aim Games have become an important part of our everyday life, not only as a means of entertainment, but also by providing a unique venue for recreation, training, health intervention and artistic creation. The aim of the 6th annual North American Game-On Conference (GameOn’NA 2011) is to bring together academics, researchers and commercial game developers from North America…

Journal of Robotics: Cognitive and Neural Aspects in Robotics with Applications 2011 Call for Papers http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jr/si/cnar11/ It is our pleasure to announce a new call for papers for the second special issue of Journal of Robotics in year 2011. The call for publications on cognitive and neural sciences related to robotic systems appeared to be a successful challenge. Robotics has been widely applied for various fields such as automation and other control and engineering systems. Recent developments of humanoid and human-like robots are a milestone in the field of robotics, and they can be a platform for breaking new ground…