Oops, the call for papers list wasn’t over yet:
Futureplay has a submission deadline at the end of the month (June 30)
and the Interactive Storytelling conference in Erfurt (putting together the two previous European conference series TIDSE (“Technologies for Interactive Digital Storytelling”) and ICVS (“Virtual Storytelling – Using Virtual Reality Technologies for Storytelling”). Submission deadline also on 30 June 2008.
Here is the call:
Research papers, case studies and demonstrations are invited that present novel scientific results, new technology, best practice showcases, or improvements to existing techniques and approaches in the multidisciplinary research field of interactive digital storytelling and its related application areas, e.g. games, virtual- / online worlds, e-learning, edutainment, and entertainment.
Suggested research topics for contributions include, but are not limited to:
- Interactive Digital Storytelling: theories, methods and concepts
- Automated drama- / story engines and run-time systems
- Virtual Storytelling – using Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality to tell and experience stories
- Believable virtual characters in real-time narrative environments
- Authoring tools and creation concepts for interactive narratives
- Semantic technology and knowledge tools for Interactive Digital Storytelling
- Mobile, Geographical Information Systems and location-based technologies for interactive storytelling
- Novel and entertaining computer interfaces for interactive storytelling
- Real-time direction, staging, lighting, camera work, special effects, audio
- Collaborative environments for interactive storytelling
- Novel narrative forms inspired by new technology
- Evaluation and user experience reports of interactive storytelling applications
- Interdisciplinary approaches to simulation and storytelling
- Case studies and demonstrations of concrete examples and applications
Special invited key aspects for this year, motivated through the conference venue, are:
- Children’s media
- Interactive audio
ENOUGH CALLS!!
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