CfP - 2nd Workshop on Sonic Interactions in Virtual Environments, at IEEE VR 2015

[Federico Avanzini <avanzini@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Call for papers
2nd Workshop on Sonic Interactions in Virtual Environments
at IEEE Virtual Reality 2015

Submission website:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sive15

Sonic interaction design is defined as the study and exploitation of 
sound as one of the principal channels conveying information, meaning, 
and aesthetic/emotional qualities in interactive contexts. This field 
lies at the intersection of interaction design and sound and music 
computing.
In the virtual reality community, the focus on research in topics 
related to auditory feedback has been rather limited when compared, for 
example, to the focus placed on visual feedback or even on haptic 
feedback. However, in communities such as the film community or the 
product sound design community it is well known that sound is a powerful 
way to communicate meaning and emotion to a scene or a product.
The main goal of this workshop is to increase among the virtual reality 
community the awareness of the importance of sonic elements when 
designing virtual environments. We will also discuss how research in 
other related fields such as film sound theory, product sound design, 
sound and music computing, game sound design and computer music can 
inform designers of virtual reality environments.
Moreover, the workshop will feature state of the art research on the 
field of sound for virtual environments.


Call for Papers
We expect participants to submit a research paper (4 to 6 pages using 
IEEE template) outlining their current research in the field of 
interactive sound for virtual environments.
Topics can include, but are not limited to:
1) Sound synthesis and design for virtual environments
2) Sound modelling and rendering for virtual environments
3) Sound spatialisation
4) Headphones and speakers reproduction
5) Binaural sound and head-related transfer functions
6) Gestural control of sound in virtual reality
7) Multisensory (audio-visual), (audio-haptics) interactions
8) Personalisation and customisation of virtual auditory displays
9) Navigation and way-finding through sonification
10) Evaluation of user experience and sound quality


For accepted papers, authors must prepare a 15-20 minute oral 
presentation to be delivered during the workshop.
Papers should be 4-6 pages in length and prepared using the IEEE 
Computer Society conference style format described at: 
http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~vis/Tasks/camera.html
Posters should be 2 pages in length and prepared according to the same 
template.


Important dates
Abstract submission: January 26th
Paper submission: February 2nd
Notification of acceptance: February 18th (early bird registration, Feb. 
22nd)
Submission of final paper: March 10th
Workshop: March 23

Organizers
Stefania Serafin (Aalborg University Copenhagen)
Rolf Nordahl (Aalborg University Copenhagen)
Amalia de Götzen (Aalborg University Copenhagen)
Cumhur Erkut (Aalborg University Copenhagen)
Federico Avanzini (University of Padova)
Michele Geronazzo (University of Padova)

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Federico Avanzini, PhD

CSC-Sound and Music Computing Group
Dept. of Information Engineering
University of Padova
Via Gradenigo 6/A
I-35131 Padova - ITALY

Skype: federico.avanzini
Tel:   +39 049 827 7582
Fax:   +39 049 827 7699
http://smc.dei.unipd.it
http://www.dei.unipd.it/~avanzini

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