ARTS,DESIGN VIRTUAL WORLDS YOKOHAMA 2013

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Calls for Papers: ARTS,DESIGN & VIRTUAL WORLDS SPECIAL SESSION
http://artsvirtualworlds.artsmachine.org/

at CYBERWORLDS 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
http://www.vc.media.yamanashi.ac.jp/cw2013/
21-23 OCTOBER 2013, YOKOHAMA, JAPAN
Keio University,Faculty of Science and Technology
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SUBMISSION DEADLINE: May 17,2013

Submit your paper to:
https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=cyberworlds2013

More information from http://artsvirtualworlds.artsmachine.org/

Full papers up to 8 pages and short papers up to 5 pages have to be submitted electronically in PDF or MS Word data formats. The papers must be written in English (U.S.), carefully proofread, and formatted to Conference Publishing Services Manuscript Formatting Guidelines,

Please use the following template for preparing your papers from:
http://www.artsmachine.org/web/docs/cwtemplate.doc

By submitting a paper the authors confirm that their papers represent original previously unpublished work, and if accepted, the author will register for the conference and present the papers.

INTRODUCTION
Virtual Worlds are information spaces and communities that immensely augment the way we interact, participate and receive information throughout the world. Virtual Worlds seriously impact our lives and the evolution of the world economy by taking such forms as social networking services, 3D shared virtual communities, and assively multiplayer online role-playing games.

OBJECTIVE
The goal of the Arts,Design and Virtual Worlds is to analyze and trace the advancements of new Art and Design theories and practices in Virtual Worlds.
Arts,Design and Virtual Worlds is a special session at the 2013 International Conference on Cyberworlds
http://artsvirtualworlds.artsmachine.org/

PUBLICATIONS
- Arts,Design & Virtual Worlds papers will be published within the CYBERWORLDS 2013 Conference proceedings and related international journal special issues.
http://www.vc.media.yamanashi.ac.jp/cw2013/

- Arts,Design & Virtual Worlds selected papers will be asked to write an article for a special issue of the IJACDT International Journal of Art,Culture and Design Technologies. http://www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers-special/international-journal-art-culture-design/41032

The ARTS,DESIGN & VIRTUAL WORLDS CYBERWORLDS 2013 Special Session
will address a wide range of research and development topics,but not limited to the following topics:
Aesthetics and semantics
Art and heritage in cyberspace, cyber-museums
Artworks, performances, and installations
Brain-computer interfaces
Cognitive informatics
Computer vision, augmented, mixed and virtual reality
Creative and innovative media arts concepts and projects
Cultural heritage within the Web
Cyberethics and cyberlaws
Cybernetics, artificial intelligence, and cognitive-based concepts and practices
Cybersecurity
Cyberworlds and their impact on the real worlds
Data mining and warehousing in cyberworlds
Digital art, digital culture, net art, and digital design
E-learning in virtual collaborative spaces
Edutainment
EEG-based emotion recognition
Haptic interaction and rendering
Human-computer interaction studies and applications
Human-computer interfaces
Human issues/impacts
Information visualization in art and design issues
Imaginary and creative concepts and applications
Innovative Web, Web3D, and multimedia studies and applications
Intelligent talking agents
Multi-user web games
Networked collaboration
Psychology and cognition studies
Shape modeling for cyberworlds
Shared virtual worlds
Social and ethical issues
Social networking
Technologies for teaching art and design
Virtual architecture and heritage
Virtual, augmented, and mixed realities in art and design
Virtual collaborative spaces
Virtual humans and avatars
Visual languages
Virtual metaplasticity, metaplastic virtual worlds

Looking forward to seeing you in Yokohama!
Best Regards,

Dr.Gianluca Mura
Arts&Design Virtual Worlds Chair