[Air-L] CfP: 3D3C Virtual Worlds - Topical Lantern Review

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CfP: 3D3C Virtual Worlds -- Topical Lantern Review -- JVWR Special Issue
and Workshop in Milan, Italy December 15, 2013

Editors

*Yesha Y. Sivan<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=98066cc882&e=3f7039199b>
*, Metaverse-Labs and The Academic College of Tel-Aviv Yaffo School of
Management and Economics, Israel.
Maged N. Kamel Boulos<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=e04fdd1bea&e=3f7039199b>,
University of Plymouth’s Health Informatics, Devon, UK.
David Gefen<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=6c1e0db583&e=3f7039199b>,
Drexel University's LeBow College of Business, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Abhishek Kathuria<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=7daf8534e2&e=3f7039199b>,
Hong Kong University’s School of Business, Hong Kong, China.

* Lantern - see at the end of this call why we chose this image.

*Note: First Deadline May 19, 2013* -- Authors submit a proposed 2-page
extended abstract or initial papers (see full deadlines schedule below.)

Motivation and Scope

The first thematic issue of our 7th year (next year) will focus on a
literature review of 3D3C worlds according to specific topics. The issue
will connect with our JVWR workshop in Milan, Italy, on December, 15 (as
part of AIS ICIS
2013<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=1bd0038926&e=3f7039199b>).
(The issue will also be a base for a proposed book, where we will expand on
this theme.)

For this issue, “topical review” means a review of corpus of knowledge on
one aspect of virtual worlds. It can be a classic literature
review<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=da1db5cf44&e=3f7039199b>,
a more formal statistical
meta-analysis<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=854490d63d&e=3f7039199b>or
other forms suggested by authors.

For this issue, "3D3C Worlds" is defined as a combination of four factors:

   - *3D* as in three dimensional representation of worlds as seen in
   Google Earth, Augmented Reality, 3D printing and the like;
   - *Community* as in the collection of people work, play and act
   together. Consider Facebook and Twitter as one example, and enhance it by
   the dynamics of World of Warcraft guilds;
   - *Creation* is the ability to create new artifacts, as seen for example
   in Second Life or in Open Source movement;
   - *Commerc*e is the ability to harness these previous factors to gain
   monetary real value (consider Bitcoin, exchanges, etc.)

The issue will be combined of three sections: Applications, Technologies
and Policies, each includes several papers:

   - *Applications*: Medical, Commerce, Defense etc.
   - *Technologies*: 3D, AR, Money, etc.
   - *Policies*: Standards, Privacy, Taxation, Legal, etc.

We have initial submissions in the following topics:

   - Collaboration
   - Medicine
   - Learning
   - ART
   - Taxation

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

*Applications*

   - Defense related virtual worlds
   - Relations and Love and virtual worlds
   - Ambient Life
   - Music and virtual worlds
   - Virtual Worlds for Sales

*Technologies*

   - The state of GPU
   - Measuring virtual worlds
   - Sensors
   - Robotics
   - Virtual Worlds and mobile
   - Virtual worlds and the web  (HTML5)
   - 3D Printing

*Policies*

   - Economics and Virtual Worlds
   - Privacy
   - Avatar rights
   - Legal rights
   - Standards (open vs. close)

Submission Instructions

Interested authors should submit a two-page extended abstract by the
deadline indicated below. Authors will then be invited to submit original
scholarly papers of up to 7500 words including footnotes, references, and
appendices. All submissions (abstracts and papers) should be made via the
JVWR publishing system (see http://jvwresearch.org > About JVWR > For
Authors). All submissions will be reviewed under our double open policy
http://jvwresearch.org/index.php/2011-07-30-02-51-41/for-authors<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=12f96a0508&e=3f7039199b>
.

Accepted papers will be published in *Volume 7, Number 2 (2014)* of the
Journal (subject to change).

Questions? email us to: info AT jvwresearch DOT org

More about JVWR

The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research
(http://www.jvwresearch.org/<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=4db7b3d1c0&e=3f7039199b>)
is an online, open access academic journal that engages a wide spectrum of
scholarship. JVWR welcomes contributions from the many disciplines and
approaches that intersect with virtual worlds research. Virtual worlds
ignite a continuously evolving area of study that spans multiple
disciplines. The JVWR editorial team looks forward to engaging a wide range
of creative and scholarly research.

Deadlines and Timeline

*March 23, 2013* - Call published
*May 19, 2013* - Authors submit proposed extended abstract or initial papers
*June 3, 2013 *- Editors make decisions about proposals
*August 4, 2013* - Authors submit full paper
*September 2, 2013* - Editors return review report and initial decision
*September 29, 2013* - Authors submit revised paper
*November 3, 2013* - Editors return final comments and decision
*December 15, 2013* - ICIS JVWR workshop (Milan, Italy)
*January 12, 2014* - Authors final submit, based on comments, directly to
JVWR coordinator
*February 16, 2014* - Publication: Q1 2014

Connection with 2013 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS
2013)

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Authors with accepted and conditional accepted papers will be invited to
the ICIS 2013 Milan workshop, where we will meet with the editors, fellow
authors, and other JVWR community members.

p.s. Why Lantern?

The field of virtual worlds is vast, interconnected and expanding. In this
issue, we take a review lantern and shed some light on some of the fields'
sides. Clearly, we will not cover everything. We will often see shadows and
not the full image. Ultimately, we hope to encourage further exploring of
the field.

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Spring is in the air with our best wishes for a Happy Easter to all.

Thankfully,

*Yesha Sivan*<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=d3dc74f1b0&e=3f7039199b>
Managing Editor, The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research
Professor and Head of the Management Information System Program, Tel Aviv
Academic College
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