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1st Call for Papers – VS-Games 2014

VS-Games 2014 will be held in Valletta, Malta between the 9-12 September 2014. This conference is being organised and hosted by the University of Malta.

[http://www.um.edu.mt/events/vs-games2014]
VS-Games now running in its 6th year, is a conference that targets cross-disciplinary communities interested in virtual worlds and games for serious applications. The conference promotes efforts in all areas of research involving the advancement of technologies, design, and applications of virtual worlds and serious games. We are therefore seeking contributions from academic researchers, developers from the industry as well as practitioners and decision-makers in the field of technology advances in serious games.

Themes that are encouraged for submission include:
Design
–serious game design methods & methodologies
–interactivity in serious games and virtual worlds

Case Studies & Applications
–user modelling in serious games
–case studies in virtual worlds and serious games

Visualisation & 3D modelling
–virtual environments
–animation for serious games and virtual worlds
–visualisation techniques

Mobile Games
–augmented reality for serious applications
–multimedia gaming

Intelligent Game Systems
–human-computer interactions
–interactive storytelling

AI Applications in Serious Games

Important dates:
–Full and Work-in-Progress Papers: 30 January 2014
–Doctoral Consortium Papers: 30 April 2014
–Posters and Demos: 30 April 2014
–Industry Expo: 30 June 2014

Notification of acceptance: 31 March 2014

More details can be accessed from: http://www.um.edu.mt/events/vs-games2014/call

More information about registration and online submission shall be posted shortly.

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