Call for partecipations

We invite submissions of extended abstracts of 5 to 9 pages (excluding references) in the single-column CEUR-WS format on Social XR, understood as Extended Reality (XR) systems enriched with social and emotional augmentations. Submissions may address research, design, implementation, or practical applications in domains such as education, healthcare, professional collaboration, creative practice, and entertainment.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Social augmentation techniques for VR, AR, and MR environments

• Adaptive and context-sensitive Social XR systems integrating AI

• Methods for enhancing communication through expressive avatars, gaze modulation, or augmented facial expressions

• Multimodal approaches to interpreting and responding to social and affective signals

• Evaluation protocols and metrics for social engagement, trust, empathy, and user experience in Social XR

• Ethical, privacy, and inclusivity considerations in socially augmented systems

• Integration of social cues across physical and virtual environments

• Tools and frameworks for designing, prototyping, and deploying Social XR applications

• Domain-specific applications, including collaborative learning, therapy, remote teamwork, and creative or performative experiences

• Innovative solutions for scalable, adaptive, and context-aware social augmentation

To recognize outstanding contributions, the workshop will present three awards: Best Extended Abstract and Best Student Extended Abstract and Best Presentation.

Accepted papers may also be considered for a possible Special Issue in a journal, such as the Empathic Computing Journal.