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Info for Delegates

Guidelines for presenters / FAQ’s

1 – How long must each presentation be?

Each oral presentation is allocated 20 minutes. Please make sure not to exceed this limit. Session chairs will be advised to keep a strict timing.

2 – How can I present?

a) You can present in real time on the original date and time listed for your session. In this case you will be showing your presentation by sharing your screen. However, we request you to upload your presentation (Powerpoint files only) in a S&I Media Google drive folder until 3 days before your session*. This file will provide us with a backup in case you need to turn off your video due to signal limitations.
b) You can record your presentation in advance. We suggest this solution in case you need to better control your time or to prevent any technical problems. If you choose to pre-record your presentation you will have to upload your video in a S&I Media Google drive folder until 3 days before your session*. In any case, your live participation will be much appreciated in the Q&A section that will follow your panel presentations.

3 – In what languages can I present?

S&I Media’s official languages are English, Portuguese and Spanish. If you choose not to present your talk in English, we highly recommend the adoption of English in your Powerpoint presentation. This will ensure a larger audience to your talk.

4 – How can I prepare my stereoscopic images for presentation?

If you are presenting stereoscopic images, please note that they should be processed in anaglyph format. In case you need assistance in processing your stereos, we can offer that service for up to 15 photos. Send your stereoscopic photographs to stereoimmersivemedia@ulusofona.pt until 7 May. Each image file must be 1920×1080 pixels (HD). Once you receive your anaglyph images you may start creating your Powerpoint presentation.

5 – Will my session be recorded?

All S&I Media sessions will be recorded and available for our delegates after the conference.

6 – Which online conference platform will be used?

S&I Media will use Zoom for all its plenary and parallel sessions. In case you don’t have it, please download it before your presentation (free). Our S3D Short Film Festival will be streamed through Vimeo Pro.

7 – How can I promote my presentation on social media?

You can use your presentation’s “hash-dash” code* to promote your session on social media. * Each presenter will be assigned a S&I Media Google drive folder and its corresponding link will be sent by email along with the hash-dash code of his presentation. Please tag your file to your presentation by naming it with your presentation’s “hash-dash” code.

Special Events

Our special events will soon be announced!

Our Calls

Stereoscopic 3D Short Film Submission Guidelines

S&I Media’s S3D Short Film Festival will include films that explore and highlight the immersive features of stereoscopic technologies.

Criteria for 3D film submissions:

Works should not exceed 30 minutes and must feature English subtitles where appropriate.
They must have been completed after January 1st 2018.
They must be submitted in both anaglyph and “half side-by-side”.
Technical specifications:
- MPEG-4 videos, H.264 codec
- Resolution: 1080 HD (1920×1080), 16:9 aspect ratio.
- Frame rate: though 25 fps is preferred, we will accept films at 24, 25 or 30 fps
- Audio: 2-channels stereo audio, encoded in AAC codec at 320 kb/s, 48 kHz

All films should be accompanied by:

Synopsis (no more than 250 words)
Biography of the director (no more than 150 words)

Deadline for S3D Short Film submissions: May 2, 2021.

Applications should be submitted via Wetransfer, Filetransfer or FTP to 3dfilm.sim@gmail.com

Notification of acceptance: Early May 2021.

Please note that, as we wish the festival to be accessible to the largest audience possible, films will be screened in both anaglyph and “half side-by-side” formats.

Please provide the master files of your film in both anaglyph and “half side-by-side” format according to web standard:

MPEG-4, H.264 codec
Stereo, PCM linear
English subtitles

Publication

Applicants are invited to submit their papers for publishing to the peer-reviewed and open access International Journal on Stereo & Immersive Media.

Contact

Further inquiries should be sent to stereoimmersivemedia@ulusofona.pt

Call for papers [closed]

The International Conference on Stereo & Immersive Media aims to bring together the research fields of photography, sound and cinema, considering their historical and current relationships with expanded and immersive environments. In 2021, due to the Corona virus pandemic, its 4th edition will adopt an online format and will combine traditional plenary sessions and themed parallel tracks, with a S3D Short Film Festival and a Virtual Art Gallery to showcase the most recent and diverse immersive artworks.

Stereoscopic and immersive technologies have been widening the scopes of photography, sound and cinema since the 19th century. Immersion draws both on state of the art technologies and on old and discontinued media that have once stimulated and expanded our perception. While these technologies (from stereo views to cinema, virtual reality or video gaming) have deeply strengthened the human relationship to virtual worlds, they have also made visual documents more engaging, triggering richer and more inspiring interpretations of reality. Today, some of these technologies are also being used and considered vital to reshape our perception of heritage and to allow new readings and museological experiences of historical collections.

Submission Guidelines

The organizing committee invites scholars, researchers, artists, curators and archivists to submit a proposal for a paper presentation addressing one or more of the following themes:

1- Stereoscopic Photography and its Visual Cultures (19th to 21st Century);
2- Photography, Cinema and Sound Media Archaeologies;
3- Scientific and Social History of Early Immersive Media;
4- 3D Cinema, Virtual Reality and Video Gaming;
5- Media Arts (Visual/Sound) and Immersion;
6- Urban Sound Studies;
7- Performance and Visual Media;
8- Cultural Heritage and Digital Age;

Invited Speakers

TOM GUNNING, The University of Chicago
DENIS PELLERIN, The London Stereoscopic Company
ELIZABETH EDWARDS, De Montfort University, Leicester
CARLOS TEIXIDOR, Institute of Cultural Heritage of Spain

Publication

Applicants are invited to submit their papers for publishing to the peer-reviewed and open acess International Journal on Stereo & Immersive Media.

Contact