-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] Catz & Dogz Final CFP Datum: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:31:52 +0100 Von: Thomas Chesney Thomas.Chesney@nottingham.ac.uk Antwort an: Thomas Chesney Thomas.Chesney@nottingham.ac.uk An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network isworld@lyris.isworld.org
The Reign of Catz & Dogz
Final Call For Papers
The Reign of Catz & Dogz is a series of workshops which explores human interaction with zoomorphic virtual creatures. In 2009, the workshop will be held at CHI in Boston MA.
Deadline: 23rd Oct 2008.
More and more researchers and companies worldwide are developing software artifacts and embodied devices which are inspired by human interactions and fascination with animals. The motivations for such work include generating artificial companionship, enabling therapeutic interactions, facilitating education as well, of course, as fun and entertainment. However, despite the commercial success of embodied devices such as Furby, Pleo and Nabaztag, and software such as Catz, Dogz and Nintendogs, the academic understanding of human interactions with such systems, and the parallels with human-animal (anthrozoological) interactions, remains limited.
We invite submission of position papers (three to four pages in length) by researchers working on any relevant topic. These include:
The role of virtual creatures in society Studies of the benefits of owning virtual pets Cross cultural studies of aspects of virtual creatures Zoomorphic social robots Ethical and cultural aspects of virtual companions Educational and developmental aspects of owning virtual creatures Comparisons of virtual with real pets and companion animals Innovative applications for virtual pets Cute virtual creatures and kawaii culture Aesthetics of design of virtual creatures Hardware and software descriptions of research creatures Kids and virtual pets versus kids and teddy bears Evaluations of commercial creatures Virtual pets as proxies, tool and applications for Web 2.0
For further information, see: http://www.catz-and-dogz.org.uk/
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