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With Thad Starner. I was very happy to meet a great researcher and friend, Thad Starner. It was very exciting to try a demo of the Google Glass. I talked to Thad about his very interesting work at Google. He told me he will return to academia at Georgia tech because he still feels it is the best place for an exploring mind. He gave me very good feedback about my research on digital taste and smell actuation. It was most inspiring to hear Thad speak.

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ACE 2012 AWARDS FOR BEST PAPERS

Gold award

Socially Present Board Game Opponents

André Pereira, Rui Prada, and Ana Paiva

Silver award

Bathcratch: Touch and Sound-Based DJ Controller Implemented on a Bathtub

Shigeyuki Hirai, Yoshinobu Sakakibara, and Seiho Hayakawa

Bronze award

Airstic Drum: A Drumstick for Integration of Real and Virtual Drums

Hiroyuki Kanke, Yoshinari Takegawa, Tsutomu Terada, and Masahiko Tsukamoto

Congratulations to all the ACE 2012 authors for their great work and presentations showcasing impressive developments in computer entertainment. Although all the papers accepted for publication foster innovation and creativity, and present highly relevant advances for the future of the entertainment industry, the ACE 2012 organisation selected three award winners for their outstanding contribution to the computer entertainment research. Selection of best papers was based on the combined marks of paper reviewing, assessed by the Program Committee, and scientific contribution, innovation, and creativity in computer entertainment, assessed at the conference venue by the conference paper award committee, composed by several conference organisation chairs and keynote speaker.

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ACE 2012 AWARD WINNERS CREATIVE SHOWCASE.

This year’s Creative Showcase track showed many interesting submissions, ranging from children’s toys, new interaction devices and serious games to enhanced cooking experiences, devices for expressive music making, and applications for remote emotional engagement between people. These showcases were demonstrated at the exposition session organized in collaboration with the Robotics Association Nepal. This lead to many lively discussions, not only between the delegates of the conference. but also with the students  from the Robotics Association who were immensely interested in learning from the work presented here.

ACE 2012 Nepal congratulates the prize winners of the ACE Creative Showcase awards, chosen by the conference delegates through voting.

GOLD CREATIVE SHOWCASE AWARD
t-words: Playing with Sounds and Creating Narratives (C. Sylla, S. Goncalves, P. Branco, C. Coutinho)

SILVER CREATIVE SHOWCASE AWARD
HOJI-HOJI: The Hole-Type Interactive Device for Entertainment (Y. Suzuki et al)

BRONZE CREATIVE SHOWCASE AWARD
POPAPY: Instant Paper Craft Made Up in a Microwave Oven (K. Yasu, M. Inami)

ACE 2012 Photos have been posted on the ACE Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.450229941702244.104261.173259139399327&type=1&l=9ae66e8974