-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [MM-INTEREST] International Workshop on Multimedia Research in a Serious Game Context (2009) - Call for Papers Datum: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:00:09 +0100 Von: Wegmann, Iris iris.wegmann@H-DA.DE Antwort an: Wegmann, Iris iris.wegmann@H-DA.DE An: MM-INTEREST@LISTSERV.ACM.ORG

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CALL FOR PAPERS

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International Workshop on Multimedia Research in a Serious Game Context (2009)

in concjunction with IEEE ICME

July 3, 2009

Cancun, Mexico

*** Submission Deadline: February 1, 2009 ***

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WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

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Serious Games is an emerging topic. More and More fields in research and industry discover the great possibilities Serious Games provide for various subjects as employee training, education, sports, medical science, fire brigade, tourism, society, aviation, military training etc. Although Serious Games is circulating in broad and heterogeneous fields it has not reached the multimedia community yet. The aim of this workshop should be the initiation of a Serious Game forum within multimedia. The concept of Serious Games offer immense opportunity to change education and game area but there is still a lot of room for improvement in gameplay, user experience, communication of learning content. We will assemble all disciplines in Multimedia to discuss how multimedia can be enrichment for Serious Games – which prospects provide Multimedia in connection with Serious Games. We will converse questions such as how alternate input and out devices are able to improve the gameplay, how innovations in communications of Multiplayer games can increase learning success and user experience, do game engines have the power to ease the production of Serious Games, how can augmented and virtual reality effect gameplay and user experience,…

TARGET AUDIENCE

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The target audience is researchers and practitioners in the field of Computer/Serious Games and its related areas. These include Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Simulation, Speech Recognition, Mimic Recognition, Gesture Control, Alternate Input and Output Devices, Game Engines / Technology Platforms, Audio, Smart User Interfaces, Innovative User Interfaces, Multimodal Interaction, etc.

We recommend having previous experience in this or related fields to be able to contribute on a high scientific level. Multidisciplinary contributions coming from artistic and human-machine-interface as well as case studies, artistic installations, user experience evaluations are highly welcome which are affecting the development of Serious Game as new form of Computer Game / Media.

Authors should submit a four-page manuscript in double-column format including authors' names, affiliations, and a short abstract. Only electronic submission will be accepted. Please visit the ICME 2009 website, www.icme09.org http://www.icme09.org/paperkit.html#FileFormat for the instructions to submit papers. Topics covered include but are not limited to:

Multimedia systems and components for - dynamic generation of multimedial (AV) output

- direct interaction on multimedial (AV) output

- Interpretation and comparison/grading of medial input

- Speech and mimic analysis for computer based Language Games

- AV-Communication in (Serious) Multiplayer Games

- Serious Games in Museum / Public Multimedia Installations

- Game Engines for Educational Games

IMPORTANT DATES:

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* February 1, 2009: Paper Submission Deadline

* March 10, 2009: Notification of Acceptance

* March 31, 2009: Camera Ready Submissions

* July 3, 2009: Workshop

COMMITTEE:

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Workshop Chairs:

* Arnd Steinmetz, igdv – Center for Advanced Learning, Media and Simulation, University of Applied Science Darmstadt, Germany

* Iris Wegmann, igdv – Center for Advanced Learning, Media and Simulation, University of Applied Science Darmstadt, Germany

* Stefan Goebel, ZGDV - Center for Computer Graphics Research, Darmstadt, Germany

* Gearoid O'Suilleabhain, CIT - Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland

Program Committee:

* Oliver Schneider, igdv - Center for Advanced Learning, Media and Simulation, University of Applied Science Darmstadt, Germany * Gunter Sterr, igdv - Center for Advanced Learning, Media and Simulation, University of Applied Science Darmstadt, Germany * Torsten Racky, rocketscience games development GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany * Jens Keil, Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Darmstadt, Germany

FURTHER INFORMATION:

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Please visit the workshop website:

http://workshops.igdv.h-da.de/organization.html