Background
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Hyperreality tries to achieve a vision in which virtuality and reality are seamlessly blended together as if they were one, with no distinction on where one ends and the other begins; blending physical reality with virtual reality and human intelligence with artificial intelligence[1].

Technologies such as virtual reality and augmented reality are used every day as standalone applications in areas such as computer gaming and mobile devices. Companies such as Google, Nokia and Microsoft are investing and developing technology and interfaces to connect virtual and real worlds. This creates huge opportunities for integration and research with intelligent environments. Intelligent Environments are physical spaces where context-aware technology is embedded in a seamless way to create interactive spaces, bridging computation with the physical world. This workshop focuses on innovation ideas for future ‘Next Generation’ Intelligent Environments, where virtual applications and data will allow users to further integrate themselves within augmented physical spaces. By exploring this area we aim to encourage further research and advances in Intelligent Environments by bringing together researchers and industry.

[1] “Hyperreality : Paradigm for the third millennium”. Tiffin, John; Nobuyoshi Terashima (2005).

Areas of interest
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The proposed workshop aim to explore the integration between physical and virtual worlds in intelligent environments, augmenting their capacities to create innovative spaces. Examples of relevant areas of interest include:

Ubiquitous Virtual Reality
Augmented Reality
Augmented Virtuality
Artificial Intelligence
Tangible user interfaces
Cyber-physical systems
Multidimensional spaces
Multi-user and distributed systems
Immersive environments
Interactive Intelligent Environments
Web technology for hyperreality
Mobile applications for hyperreality
Computer Games & Intelligent Environments
Context-aware computing in virtual/real spaces
Blended / Dual / Cross Reality
Smart objects in multidimensional spaces
Multimodal HCI for interaction and feedback
Real-time behaviour analysis
Agent-based approaches to AmI in multidimensional spaces
Proof-of-concept and demonstration deployments
Responsive / Active architecture
Applications, user evaluation and social studies
Security and privacy issues
Perception, presence, and cognition
Social issues and impact

Format of Submissions
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HyperRealitIE’14 welcomes original work as full papers (10-12 pages) and short papers (4-6 pages) as well as work-in-progress or position papers. Papers should be no more than 12 pages (for full papers) or 6 pages (for short papers). All papers accepted will be published as a volume of the Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments Series of IOS Press and electronically available through ACM Digital Library (ISI indexed). The format of the papers should adhere to IOS publication guidelines. All submitted papers will enter in a peer review process with at least two reviewers. All accepted submissions must be presented during the workshop. If you are interested in some other type of submission, please contact the organisers at hyper@intenv.org.

Important Dates
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Paper submission deadline (For Review): 4th April 2014
Notification of acceptance: 25th April 2014
Deadline for final manuscript: 6th May 2014
Workshop dates: 30th June – 1st July 2014

Venue
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This event will be co-located with the 10th International Conference on Intelligent Environments IE’14 (2nd-4th July 2014, Shanghai, China).
More information on the venue, including tourism, travel and hotels can be found on the main conference website.

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For more information visit our website at:
http://www.hyperrealitie.org

Or contact the organisers at: hyper@intenv.org
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