[H-verkko] CFP: ARea15, The Fourth Finnish Augmented Reality Conference

[agricola at utu.fi]

Agricolan artikkelipyyntöihin on lähetetty uusi ilmoitus:
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ARea15, The Fourth Finnish Augmented Reality Conference
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Turun yliopisto  järjestää 11.–12.6. 2015 Turussa ARea15-konferenssin,
jonka teemana on lisätty todellisuus kulttuurimatkailussa.

Konferenssi on tarkoitettu lisätyn todellisuuden tutkijoille ja hyödyntäjille
sekä muille aiheesta kiinnostuneille, ja siihen kootaan esityksiä niin
tutkijoilta kuin tekniikan soveltajilta, kuten museoilta, matkailukohteilta ja
alan yrityksiltä.

Erityisesti kategoriaan 2 kaivataan näkemyksiä ja käytännön kokemuksia
lisätyn todellisuuden hyödyntämismahdollisuuksista myös museoalan
edustajilta. 

Tapahtuman nettisivut löytyvät osoitteesta  http://ar.utu.fi/area15/
Alla konferenssikutsu, jota saa mielihyvin jakaa eteenpäin omien verkostojen
kautta.
Ehdotukset konferenssiesityksiksi ovat erittäin tervetulleita!


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Call for Papers/Presentations:

- ARea15, The Fourth Finnish Augmented Reality Conference -

http://ar.utu.fi/area15/

June 11-12. 2015, Turku, Finland

Deadline for submissions: March 8, 2015

ARea15 is the fourth Finnish augmented reality conference, which gathers mixed
reality researchers and practitioners from Finland, Scandinavia and all around
the world together to present and to discuss the current state of the field. The
special theme of this year event is the use of mixed reality in culture and
travel.

 

Submission Categories

We invite interested researchers and practitioners to submit their contribution
to the event in the following categories:

1) Research papers and experience reports for the ARea15 Workshop

ARea15 Workshop is meant for mixed reality research community. The submission
process is two-phased: In the first phase, a two page extended abstract is
submitted for the review and in the second phase the accepted authors submit a
full paper. The extended abstract should include abstract, research method /
case description section and results section. The final papers will be 6 - 12
pages long. The selected papers will be presented in the workshop and published
in the event proceedings. An expo booth in the ARea15 Expo will also be reserved
for the selected presenters if needed.

2) Case and application presentations for the main ARea15 Seminar

ARea15 Seminar is an event for everyone interested in the latest advancements in
the mixed reality field. This year the special theme is the use of mixed reality
in culture and travel. Presentations are proposed to the seminar by submitting
two pages long summary of the presentation. The selected presentations will have
20 minutes time slot in the main seminar (15 min presentation + 5 min Q&A).
Final presentation summaries will be published in the event proceedings. An expo
booth in the ARea15 Expo will also be reserved for the selected presenters if
needed.

3) Product and application demonstrations for the ARea15 Expo

ARea15 Expo gathers the latest mixed reality applications, solutions and
real-life demos into one showroom. A one page proposal should include the brief
description of the expo booth content and its connection to the conference
theme.

Relevant Topics

We invite researchers and practitioners to submit on the topics of interest that
include, but are not limited to:

Mixed reality production tools and methods

Mixed reality technologies e.g.

Tracking techniques and high-accuracy positioning

Techniques for combining computer generated and real-life graphics

Mixed reality hardware

Design principles of mixed reality applications

Pedagogical aspects of mixed reality

User interfaces in mixed reality applications, mixed reality user experience

Case studies on the use of mixed reality e.g. in the following fields

Culture and travel

Pedagogy and teaching

Operative activities in industry

Modern user interfaces

Games and entertainment

Mixed reality related business models

 

Submission Details

Research papers, presentation summaries and expo proposal written in English are

welcome. In the first phase there are no strict typesetting guidelines. However,
the final papers and presentation summaries should follow the Springer
instructions for authors (see http://goo.gl/FNEFJO). The submitted papers should
be original and not submitted or accepted by any other conference or journal.

Papers, presentation summaries and expo proposals should be submitted in the pdf
format. The submission links will be available at the conference web site
http://ar.utu.fi/area15/ on February 2, 2015. The workshop papers and the
presentation summaries are published in the CEUR Workshop Proceedings series.

 

Important Dates

Submission opens: February 2, 2015

Deadline for submissions: March 8, 2015

Notification of authors: April 15, 2015

Final submissions: May 15, 2015

The Conference: June 11-12, 2015

 

Technical Program Committee

Tuomas Mäkilä (Chair), Senior Research Fellow, University of Turku, TRC

Joanna Kalalahti, Researcher, Police University College

Jussi Kangasoja, Researcher, Oulu University of Applied Sciences

Minna Karukka, Oulu University of Applied Sciences

Mikko Kylliäinen, Research Fellow, Tampere University of Technology

Mikko Kytö, Postdoctoral Researcher, Aalto University, Department of Media
Technology

Mika Luimula, Principal Lecturer, Turku University of Applied Sciences

Pasi Mattila, Program Coordinator, University of Oulu, CIE

Ismo Rakkolainen, University Research Fellow, University of Tampere, School of
Information Sciences

Hannu Salmi, Professor, University of Helsinki

Markku Turunen, Professor, University of Tampere, School of Information Sciences

Kirsi Vainio-Korhonen, Professor, University of Turku, Finnish History

Charles Woodward, Principal Scientist, VTT

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Ilmoituksen lähetti: Agricola <agricola at utu.fi>
Ilmoitus vanhentuu: 9.3.2015
Lisätietoja WWW-osoitteesta: http://ar.utu.fi/area15/