Introduction

This workshop serves as a platform for researchers, artists, and industry practitioners to explore the transformative impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Extended Reality (XR) on cinema and performance/ing arts. Participants will discuss cutting-edge technologies and methodologies, fostering collaboration, sharing insights, and identifying opportunities for future research and development.

Through paper presentations, keynote speeches, and interactive brainstorming sessions, this event aims to establish a robust community dedicated to advancing AI and XR in artistic practices.

This workshop will bring together researchers and industry practitioners from different backgrounds to discuss the future of  Cinema & Performance in the Age of AI & XR, and help chart a course for the future of emerging techniques. We invite authors to submit 2-4 page position papers on your use of AI in your craft or on any of the following topics:

• AI-driven tools for cinema and performance arts

• XR applications in storytelling and audience engagement

• Prototyping methods for creative processes in cinema and performance

• Integration of generative AI in creative workflows

• Haptic and sensory feedback in immersive arts

• Rapid prototyping for immersive performances

• Collaborative frameworks for artists and technologists

• Future trends in cinema and performance technologies

• Challenges in implementing AI and XR in artistic contexts

• Repurposing of existing techniques for these contexts

• User/case studies evaluating the above topics

• Speculative design evaluating the future of the above topics

Other related topics are welcome, and interdisciplinary contributions are highly encouraged. In addition to a presentation at the workshop, authors of all accepted submissions will be strongly encouraged to demonstrate their novel techniques in a video which will be shared with the workshop participants and on our workshop website.

We seek to tie these contributions together intellectually with unifying ideas, frameworks, and theories that provide common ground for discussing, analyzing, connecting, inventing, comparing, and making predictions about emerging new techniques as well as to identify gaps or opportunities for a future research agenda. To start the discussion concretely, we will use the notion of future forms of cinematic and performance/ing arts experiences.

Workshop Goals

• Facilitate the exchange of cutting-edge research and practical applications of AI and XR in cinema, and performing and performance arts. – Foster collaborations among participants from academia, industry, and the creative sectors. 

• Encourage innovative approaches and solutions to challenges in integrating AI and XR with artistic practices and techniques. 

• Establish a network of professionals dedicated to advancing AI applications in these fields. 

Workshop Format

The workshop will be conducted remotely, accommodating participants from various locations globally. It will include keynote presentations, panel discus sions, paper presentations, and interactive sessions. The interactive sessions will utilize collaborative tools to engage participants actively, including brainstorming activities and demonstrations of current techniques and approaches in future cinema and performance contexts. 

Provisional Schedule

Wednesday, Dec 4th, 2024 (Eastern Time, GMT+5)

Keynote Speakers

Keynote: TBD

Selected Demo of Presented Work

TBD

Important Dates

• Abstract deadline (250 words) (optional but encouraged)  November 25th, 2024, 23:59 AoE time

• Submission Deadline                 December 2nd, 2025, 23:59 AoE time

• Notification Deadline                 December 3rd, 2025, 23:59 AoE time

• Camera-Ready                 TBD for selected papers

Submission Information

Papers should be submitted via Easychair to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=1fcpaixr 

Submissions must be anonymized in PDF format, and prepared in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) format, available at: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs.  

All submissions will be peer reviewed. At least one author of each accepted submission must register for the workshop and ICIDS 2024 conference. Authors of accepted papers will be expected to give a 10-15-minute presentation at the workshop, and encouraged to give a demonstration of their research as a video. 

Accepted papers will be published on the workshop website, with the best papers invited to collaborate on journal publications.

Workshop Organizer