Workshop: Research Directions and Challenges in Computer Games and Virtual World Environments

唐纳德布伦信息和计算机科学学院的计算机游戏和虚拟世界中心将举办一个跨学科研讨会，以推进计算机游戏和沉浸式环境的研究和教育议程。来自学术界的演讲者将来自计算机科学、电影和媒体艺术、社会科学、教育和人文学科；行业演讲者将来自数字游戏和虚拟世界行业，涵盖娱乐、企业应用和培训。总体目标将是为电脑游戏和沉浸式环境的研究和教育计划制定研究议程和未来方向。作为一个研究峰会，本次活动将邀请演讲者和与会者就“超越下一代”沉浸式电脑游戏所带来的创意、社会、技术和商业挑战进行跨学科对话。讲习班将讨论的重点议题包括：(a)电脑游戏和虚拟世界的多核技术；(b)作为实证研究对象的大型多人联机游戏和虚拟世界；(c)电脑游戏和虚拟世界是具有高度社会经济后果的复杂系统；(d)电脑游戏和虚拟世界作为支助其他领域科学研究的新工具；(e)电脑游戏和虚拟世界，以满足未来的教育和学习需要。电脑游戏已经是一个具有重大经济意义的主要产业，但这项技术的科学和教育潜力尚未充分实现。研讨会的目标是将当前对这些问题领域感兴趣的研究人员和学者聚集在一起，并引出、捕捉和记录这个社区发现的关键研究需求和重大挑战，这些需求和挑战有助于阐明未来3-10年的国家研究议程。

The Center for Computer Games and Virtual Worlds at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences will host an interdisciplinary workshop on advancing the agenda for research and education in computer games and immersive environments. Speakers from academia will be drawn from the computer science, film and media arts, social sciences, education and humanities; industry presenters will be drawn from the digital games and virtual world industries that span entertainment, enterprise applications, and training. The over-arching aim will be to craft research agendas and future directions for research and educational programs for computer games and immersive environments. Structured as a research summit, this event will engage both speakers and attendees in an interdisciplinary dialog on the creative, social, technical, and businesses challenges posed by the "beyond-the-next generation" of immersive computer games.The focal topics to be addressed in the workshop include: (a) Multi-core technologies for computer games and virtual worlds; (b) Massively multiplayer online games and virtual worlds as objects of empirical study; (c) Computer games and virtual worlds as complex systems with high socio-economic consequence; (d) Computer games and virtual worlds as new tools for supporting scientific research in other fields; and (e) Computer games and virtual worlds for future education and learning needs. Computer games are already a major industry of great economic significance, but the scientific and educational potential of the technology has not yet been realized fully. The goal of the workshop is to bring together current researchers and scholars interested in these problem areas, and to elicit, capture, and document what this community finds are the critical research needs and grand challenges that help articulate a national research agenda going forward over the next 3-10 years.