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From:       Tzafnat Shpak <tzafnat.shpak () jvwresearch ! org>
Date:       2014-04-01 8:28:25
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Call for Editors: Virtual2Real Hardware (Glass, Rift, Leap and more)

The recent (Mar-2014) $2B value of Oculus Rift acquisition by
Facebook<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=178ffd8963&e=3f7039199b>has
 moved the importance of Virtual Reality hardware way forward to the
market.

Virtual worlds are now being augmented with hardware such as:

   - Oculus Rift<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=26249607dc&e=3f7039199b>

   - Leap Motion<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=2776d888ad&e=3f7039199b>

   - Google  Glass<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=7420c3bbde&e=3f7039199b>

   - Eyesight<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=fe642d99b5&e=3f7039199b>

   - Omnidirectional
Treadmills<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=cffa5c73aa&e=3f7039199b>

   - Intel RealSense
Technology<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=1759b6391a&e=3f7039199b>

   - Precision Position
Tracking<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=65e108ae33&e=3f7039199b>

   - Sony Project
Morpheus<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=438c045f69&e=3f7039199b>

   - Head Mounted
Displays<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=67e7ae440e&e=3f7039199b>

   - Vuzix Smart Glasses &
Wraps<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=523c2aa444&e=3f7039199b>

   - Osterhout Design
Group<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=54b011fb61&e=3f7039199b>(ODG)

Papers' Topics May Include:

   - Description of current and new hardware
   - Research on new interfaces
   - New market analysis that stems from new hardware
   - User perception
   - Market impacts
   - And more...

We are looking for a *prime editor* and 1-2 co-editors for this V2RHardware
issue. If you have an interest and background in the field as well as
experience in academic editing, please let us know by sending your CV and a
cover letter to info@jvwresearch.org.

Final decision about the editors will be made by end of April 2014 or
earlier based on the information we get. *Act soon*.

For more details about editors' role and requirements see JVWR site -->
About JVWR --> For Issue
Editors<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=5626cdebbd&e=3f7039199b>

.
Publication is planned for Q1-2 of 2015.
With a potential conference on the Virtual2Real Hardware on Q4/ 2014.

Current authors, who have already submitted relevant papers, will be
notified after editors have been appointed.
New authors are invited to think about the issue and wait for the official
call.

Further Information
The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research
(http://www.jvwresearch.org/<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=9c622de360&e=3f7039199b>)
 is an online, open access academic journal that engages a wide spectrum of
scholarship and welcomes contributions from the many disciplines and
approaches that intersect virtual worlds research. The field of virtual
worlds research is a continuously evolving area of study that spans across
many disciplines and the JVWR editorial team looks forward to engaging a
wide range of creative and scholarly work.

For any information regarding this call, please contact JVWR coordinating
editor, Ms. Tzafnat Shpak:
tzafnat.shpak AT jvwresearch DOT org

Note also the following:

   - Check our web site's special page on* events
   <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=3143ce03e6&e=3f7039199b>*for
 updates in our field.
   - Review* past issues
   <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=846412e704&e=3f7039199b>

   *on our website's special *all issues cover view* page.
   - We welcome you to join our Facebook page
theJVWR<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=c2fc4e566e&e=3f7039199b>

   - Follow us* @theJVWR
   <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=7aee0561ab&e=3f7039199b>*on
 Twitter
   - And/or subscribe to our mailing list (on the top left of
   http://www.jvwreserach.org<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=f44459a0b4&e=3f7039199b>
  ).

  We are looking forward to hearing from you soon.

*Tzafnat Shpak*
Coordinating Editor

*Prof. Yesha Y. Sivan*
Editor In Chief
TheJVWR - The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research
http://jvwresearch.org<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=1ddbdf8207&e=3f7039199b>

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<span style="color:#000;font-size:24px;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:2px;line-height:100%">Call \
for Editors: Virtual2Real Hardware (Glass, Rift, Leap and more)</span><br> <br>
The recent (Mar-2014) $2B value of Oculus Rift <a \
href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&amp;id=178ffd8963&amp;e=3f7039199b" \
style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" \
target="_blank">acquisition by Facebook</a> has moved the importance of Virtual \
Reality hardware way forward to the market.<br>

<br>
Virtual worlds are now being augmented with hardware such \
as:</div></div></div><div><div>

<ul>
	<li><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&amp;id=26249607dc&amp;e=3f7039199b" \
style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" \
target="_blank">Oculus Rift</a></li>

	<li><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&amp;id=2776d888ad&amp;e=3f7039199b" \
style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" \
target="_blank">Leap Motion</a></li>

	<li><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&amp;id=7420c3bbde&amp;e=3f7039199b" \
style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" \
target="_blank">Google&nbsp; Glass</a></li>

	<li><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&amp;id=fe642d99b5&amp;e=3f7039199b" \
style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" \
target="_blank">Eyesight</a></li>

	<li><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&amp;id=cffa5c73aa&amp;e=3f7039199b" \
style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" \
target="_blank">Omnidirectional Treadmills</a></li>

	<li><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&amp;id=1759b6391a&amp;e=3f7039199b" \
style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" \
target="_blank">Intel RealSense Technology</a></li>

	<li><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&amp;id=65e108ae33&amp;e=3f7039199b" \
style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" \
target="_blank">Precision Position Tracking</a></li>

	<li><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&amp;id=438c045f69&amp;e=3f7039199b" \
style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" \
target="_blank">Sony Project Morpheus</a></li>

	<li><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&amp;id=67e7ae440e&amp;e=3f7039199b" \
style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" \
target="_blank">Head Mounted Displays</a></li>

	<li><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&amp;id=523c2aa444&amp;e=3f7039199b" \
style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" \
target="_blank">Vuzix Smart Glasses &amp; Wraps</a></li>

	<li><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&amp;id=54b011fb61&amp;e=3f7039199b" \
style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" \
target="_blank">Osterhout Design Group</a> (ODG)</li>

</ul>

<div><span style="color:#666;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:lighter;letter-spacing:1px;line-height:100%">Papers&#39; \
Topics May Include:</span></div>

<ul>
	<li>Description of current and new hardware</li>
	<li>Research on new interfaces</li>
	<li>New market analysis that stems from new hardware</li>
	<li>User perception</li>
	<li>Market impacts</li>
	<li>And more...</li>
</ul>

<div>We are looking for a <strong>prime editor</strong> and 1-2 co-editors for this \
V2RHardware issue. If you have an interest and background in the field as well as \
experience in academic editing, please let us know by sending your CV and a cover \
letter to <a href="mailto:info@jvwresearch.org" \
style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" \
target="_blank">info@jvwresearch.org</a>.<br>

<br>
Final decision about the editors will be made by end of April 2014 or earlier based \
on the information we get. <strong>Act soon</strong>.<br> <br>
For more details about editors&rsquo; role and requirements see JVWR site --&gt; \
About JVWR --&gt; <a \
href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&amp;id=5626cdebbd&amp;e=3f7039199b" \
style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" \
target="_blank">For Issue Editors</a>.<br>

Publication is planned for Q1-2 of 2015.<br>
With a potential conference on the Virtual2Real Hardware on Q4/ 2014.<br>
<br>
Current authors, who have already submitted relevant papers, will be notified after \
editors have been appointed.<br> New authors are invited to think about the issue and \
wait for the official call.</div> &nbsp;

<div><span style="color:#666;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:lighter;letter-spacing:1px;line-height:100%">Further \
Information</span><br> The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research (<a \
href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&amp;id=9c622de360&amp;e=3f7039199b" \
style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" \
target="_blank">http://www.jvwresearch.org/</a>) is an online, open access academic \
journal that engages a wide spectrum of scholarship and welcomes contributions from \
the many disciplines and approaches that intersect virtual worlds research. The field \
of virtual worlds research is a continuously evolving area of study that spans across \
many disciplines and the JVWR editorial team looks forward to engaging a wide range \
of creative and scholarly work.<br>

<br>
For any information regarding this call, please contact JVWR coordinating editor, Ms. \
Tzafnat Shpak:<br> tzafnat.shpak AT jvwresearch DOT org<br>
&nbsp;</div>
<span style="color:#666;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:lighter;letter-spacing:1px;line-height:100%">Note \
also the following:</span>

<div>
<div>
<ul>
	<li>Check our web site&#39;s special page on<strong> <a \
href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&amp;id=3143ce03e6&amp;e=3f7039199b" \
style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" \
target="_blank">events</a></strong> for updates in our field.</li>

	<li>Review<strong> <a \
href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&amp;id=846412e704&amp;e=3f7039199b" \
style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" \
target="_blank">past issues</a> </strong>on our website&#39;s special <strong>all \
issues cover view</strong> page.</li>

	<li>We welcome you to join our Facebook page&nbsp;<a \
href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&amp;id=c2fc4e566e&amp;e=3f7039199b" \
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target="_blank">theJVWR</a></li>

	<li>Follow us<strong> <a \
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style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" \
target="_blank">@theJVWR</a></strong> on Twitter</li>

	<li>And/or subscribe to our mailing list (on the top left of <a \
href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&amp;id=f44459a0b4&amp;e=3f7039199b" \
style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" \
target="_blank">http://www.jvwreserach.org</a>).</li>

</ul>
</div>
</div>

<div>
<div>We are looking forward to hearing from you soon.<br>
<br>
<strong>Tzafnat Shpak</strong></div>
Coordinating Editor<br>
&nbsp;</div>

<div><strong>Prof. Yesha Y. Sivan</strong></div>

<div>Editor In Chief<br>
TheJVWR - The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research<br>
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