Call for metaverse demos at ITU Kaleidoscope 2022
By ITU News
Innovation to match the world’s growing metaverse ambitions will be in focus at Kaleidoscope 2022: Extended reality – How to boost quality of experience and interoperability.
The 14th edition of this key academic event from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will take place in Accra, Ghana, from 7 to 9 December at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT, with options also available for remote, online participation.
Video demos wanted
Showcase your innovations on a global stage. Submit an extended abstract by 3 October for your project to be considered for demonstration by video.
From early research prototypes to production-ready systems, Kaleidoscope 2022 welcomes demos showcasing applied research that could stimulate the development and uptake of extended realities as the building blocks for metaverse worlds.
The Kaleidoscope Steering Committee will select demos for video presentation based on their clarity, originality, innovation, applicability, relevance to the conference theme, and potential impact on people’s lives.
Submit a paper by 20 June
ITU Kaleidoscope is a peer-reviewed academic conference that highlights emerging research trends and their implications for international standardization.
Kaleidoscope 2022 will feature research on how different worlds, physical or virtual, could interact seamlessly to create captivating, convincing experiences
The conference welcomes submissions from both technical and social sciences.
This year’s submissions will be categorized along five tracks:
- Network infrastructure and architecture enabling ubiquitous communications
- New applications and services
- Enabling technologies
- Security, privacy, and trust
- Socio-economic and ethical aspects
Researchers preparing submissions for Kaleidoscope 2022 are encouraged to consult the conference’s Call for Papers. The deadline for submissions is 20 June
Publication and recognition
All papers and video demo abstracts that are accepted and presented at the conference will be published in the Kaleidoscope Proceedings and the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Outstanding papers may also be published in the ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies and IEEE Communications Standards Magazine.
Authors of the three best papers will receive special recognition and will share in a prize fund of 6000 Swiss francs (CHF). Authors up to 30 years of age who present accepted papers at the conference will receive a Young Author Recognition Certificate. The creators of the best demo will receive a certificate for the Best Video Demonstration Award.
Opportunities for research communities
The ITU Journal and ITU Academia membership form two other key avenues for academics to engage in ITU’s work.
The ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies provides comprehensive coverage of communications and networking paradigms. Free of charge for both readers and authors, the journal welcomes papers year-round, on all relevant topics. A webinar series presented as part of the ITU Journal features internationally recognised researchers.
Academia members can also contribute to the ITU expert groups responsible for radiocommunication, standardization, and development topics, thereby helping to strengthen the work of ITU as well as boosting the impact of their own research.
Learn more about ITU Academia membership.
ITU Kaleidoscope 2022 is organized with the technical co-sponsorship of IEEE and the IEEE Communications Society and in partnership with Waseda University, the Institute of Image Electronics Engineers of Japan, the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers of Japan, the Chair of Communication and Distributed Systems at RWTH Aachen University, the European Academy for Standardization, the University of the Basque Country, Liverpool John Moores University, the University of Limerick, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and Confirm Smart Manufacturing.
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