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Whole Body Interaction involves any part of the human body directly or
indirectly influencing interaction, or acting as a
feedback mechanism in the interaction loop. Researchers are invited to
submit position papers on the topic of Whole
Body Interaction for a one-day workshop to take place at CHI2009,
Boston, April, 2009 - see http://www.chi2009.org
<http://www.chi2009.org/>
Participants from fields including the following
* - HCI specialists in physical interaction
* - HCI specialists in advanced interaction frameworks
* - Movement Scientists
* - Performance Artists and theorists
* - Health practitioners specialized on movement
* - Motion Capture practitioners and researchers
* - Games developers and researchers
are invited to submit position papers of 3-4 pages to
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addressing the such aspects of Whole Body Interaction as
* - Advanced Interaction frameworks
* - Marker-less motion capture
* - Bio-cybernetics
* - Human Performance with multiple and advanced sensors.
Position papers should address advanced research themes and will be
selected by the organizing committee on the basis of quality, relevance
and balance of contribution to the workshop. Contributors will be
invited to submit extended papers to a journal special issue following
the workshop.
The workshop will consist of a set of interactive prototyping exercises
designed to facilitate a shared understanding of the issues of Whole
Body Interaction between people from different disciplines. At least one
author of the accepted paper must attend the workshop and one or more
days of the CHI2009 conference.
Organisers
David England, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Eva Hornecker, Strathclyde University, UK
Chris Roast, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Pablo Romero, University of Sussex, UK
Paul Fergus, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Paul Marshall. Open University, UK
Workshop Web page
http://lister.cms.livjm.ac.uk/homepage/staff/cmsdengl/WBI2009/
Important Dates
Submission deadline 23rd October 2008
Notification 29th November 2008
Workshop April 2009
regards
David England
Eur Ing Dr David England MBCS CEng,
Head of Computer Systems Group/Principal Lecturer
http://lister.cms.livjm.ac.uk/homepage/staff/cmsdengl/
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