cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson) (03/08/91)
THIS IS THE NEW JOURNAL FOR OUR FIELD!
Call for Papers
for the new journal...
PRESENCE
Teleoperators and Virtual Environments
First Issue, Summer 1991
Second Issue, Fall 1991
Editors-in-Chief
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Teleoperators:
Thomas B. Sheridan
Human-Machine Systems Lab
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
MIT
Virtual Environments:
Thomas A. Furness III
Dept. of Industrial Engineering
University of Washington
and Human Interface Technology Lab
Washington Technology Center
Managing Editor
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Nathaniel I. Durlach
Sensory Communication Group
Research Laboratory of Electronics
MIT
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Boston University
Associate Editors
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William Bricken Univ. of Washington
Blake Hannaford Univ. of Washington
Xiao-Dong Pang MIT
Warren Robinett Univ. of No. Carolina
Robert B. Welch NASA Ames Res. Ctr.
What should the material be about?
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In both teleoperator and virtual environment systems, the
human operator is projected into a new interactive environment
mediated by artificial electronic and electromechanical devices.
The operator's performance, experience, and sense of presence in
these new environments depends strongly on the human-machine
interface and the associated environmental interactions. The
primary focus of this journal is the understanding and design of
these interactions and interfaces.
Secondary foci include: (1) the human operator's own
cognitive and sensorimotor systems, particularly those elements
of these systems that are directly related to the human-machine
interface or to the sense of presence; (2) the more peripheral
components of the two types of systems, namely, the slave
mechanism and its environment in the case of teleoperators and
the computer and simulation software in the case of virtual
environments; and (3) the impact of transformed presence,
achieved by either teleoperators or virtual environments, in
philosophy, culture, and aesthetics.
The purpose of the journal is to disseminate information
and to stimulate the creation and development of ideas,
techniques, analyses, models, devices, and applications relevant
to these foci.
Who is expected to read and contribute to the Journal?
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There are at least three major groups who are expected to
contribute to and read the journal: mechanical and electrical
engineers concerned primarily with teleoperators; computer
scientists, high-tech artists, and media people concerned
primarily with virtual reality; and psychologists concerned
primarily with human-machine interfaces and with sensorimotor
and cognitive behavior.
What types of material are acceptable?
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The journal will accept a wide range of materials in
addition to formal articles, including letters, notes, reviews,
graphics, announcements, and advertisements. The main criteria
of acceptance will be relevance, originality, and quality, as
judged by the reviewers and editors.
Each submission should include five copies of the full
manuscript. All elements of the manuscript must be double
spaced. The format for references is as specified in the APA
Publications Manual (American Psychological Association). All
figures must be camera-ready and artwork must be 7" x 5" black-
and-white prints. Color images should be submitted as
transparencies or slides. There will be a page charge for color
images.
Where should contributions be sent?
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Nat Durlach, Managing Editor
Presence
Room 36-709, MIT
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
Tel: (617) 253-2534
Fax: (617) 258-7864
Email: durlach@cbgrle.mit.edu
How often and when will the journal be published?
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The journal will be published quarterly. The first issue is
expected to appear during the summer of 1991.
When are the deadlines for forthcoming issues?
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The nominal deadline for submissions for the first issue
was February 15, 1991, but submissions are being taken for this
and the second issue now.
Whom does one contact for information and subscriptions?
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MIT Press Journals
Circulation Department
55 Hayward Street
Cambridge, MA 02142
Tel: (617) 253-2889
Fax: (617) 258-6779
Annual subscriptions are $50 for individuals and $120 for
institutions. Outside U.S., add $14 for postage and handling.
Payment may be accepted in the form of checks or money orders
drawn on a U.S. bank in U.S. funds; or charged to MasterCard or
VISA. Prepayment is required.
Editorial Board
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Walter Aviles Naval Ocean Systems Center
Antal Bejczy Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Michael Benedikt University of Texas, Austin
Massimo Begamasco Sculo Superiore, S. Anna, Italy
Jens Blauert Ruhr-Universitat, Bochum, Germany
Meredith Bricken University of Washington
Francis Clark University of Nebraska
H. Steven Colburn Boston University
Stephen Ellis NASA Ames, U.C. Berkeley
Scott S. Fisher Telepresence Research
James Foley George Washington University
S. Kicha Ganapathy AT&T Bell Labs
Richard M. Held MIT
John M. Holterbach McGill University
Ian W. Hunter McGill University
Stephen C. Jacobsen University of Utah
Kenneth O. Johnson Johns Hopkins University
Lynnette A. Jones McGill University
James R. Lackner Brandeis University
Jaron Lanier VPL Research
Brenda Laurel Telepresence Research
Susan Lederman Queen's University, Canada
Daniel Ling IBM
Jack M. Loomis UC Santa Barbara
Beth A. Marcus EXOS
Michael McGreevy NASA Ames Research Center
Marvin Minsky MIT
Michael Naimark Apple Computer
Richard W. Pew Bolt, Beranek, and Newman
Kenneth J. Salisbury, Jr. MIT
Carl E. Sherrick Princeton University
Mandayam Srinivasan MIT
Lawrence Stark UC Berkeley
Robert J. Stone Advanced Robotics Research Lab, UK
Susumi Tachi Mechanical Engineering Lab, MITI, Japan
Elizabeth Wenzel NASA Ames Research Center
Greg L. Zacherias Charles River Analytics
David Zeltzer MIT