[Announcements] Call for Papers: “Exploring Synergies between the Digital Twin Paradigm and eXtended Reality” - Frontiers in Virtual Reality

[Jorge C. S. Cardoso]

Dear colleagues,

A reminder about the upcoming deadline (September 2022) for submitting to
the Research Topic “Exploring Synergies between the Digital Twin Paradigm
and eXtended Reality
<https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/30020/exploring-synergies-between-the-digital-twin-paradigm-and-extended-reality>”
on the Frontiers in Virtual Reality journal.
About this Research Topic

There are many possible definitions for Digital Twins (DTs) however in
simple terms we can describe them as virtual representations of physical
objects or processes along with the connections of data and information
that tie the two together. DTs can help inspect and conceptualize complex
processes, simulate and predict the effects of complex phenomena on the
physical counterpart, and interact with or affect the physical counterpart
through virtual representation. The Digital Twin concept has been
traditionally associated with domains such as Manufacturing and Aviation
but has recently been applied to diverse domains such as Medicine,
Management, Cultural Heritage, to name but a few. More recently, DT is
becoming an important element for the engineering of Metaverses. eXtended
Reality (XR) is an inclusive term referring to all interactive environments
that combine real-and-virtual elements. It includes interactive experiences
such as Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR), or Virtual Reality
(VR). XR experiences are naturally embodied and spatial and have a high
potential for resulting in immersive experiences that promote a sense of
presence (in both the sense of being “there” in a virtual world or in the
sense of accepting a virtual object as being “here” with the user).

The question is, how does eXtended Reality alter the way we experience a
Digital Twin? This Research Topic is interested in bringing to focus the
various ways in which XR experiences can be used to visualize, interact and
simulate DTs and also the associated challenges in aspects such as
rendering, interaction and collaboration that result from having an XR
environment.

Specifically, this Research Topic aims to explore the following questions:

• What advantages and disadvantages does an XR environment bring to the
experience of a DT?

• What kinds of DTs are most appropriate to experience through XR?

• How do different interaction techniques, including the use of haptic
systems and gestural interaction, affect the way the DT is used?

• What are the challenges in designing and developing XR experiences for
DTs?
Topics

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Design methodologies for DT experiences in XR

• Applications that combine XR with DTs

• DT and Metaverse applications

• The role of augmentation in DT design and operation

• The combination of artificial intelligence, DTs, and XR

• Cases of XR developments to create more user-friendly DTs

• Data-driven DTs in XR

• Interaction techniques that use haptics, tangibles, embodied interactions
for interacting with DTs

• Software libraries, toolkits, frameworks, authoring tools, for the
development of XR experiences for DT

• Evaluation methodologies for XR experiences for DTs

Keywords: digital twins, extended reality, augmented reality, mixed
reality, virtual reality
Submission Deadlines

Manuscript: 01 September 2022
Editorial Team

Jorge C. S. Cardoso, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

João Barata, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Esteban Clua, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Brazil

Jack Shen-Kuen Chang, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Alberto Raposo, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil
Further information

Research topic webpage:
https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/30020/exploring-synergies-between-the-digital-twin-paradigm-and-extended-reality


Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the
scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in
their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an
out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage
of peer review.


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Kind regards,
Jorge C. S. Cardoso

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Jorge C. S. Cardoso
*Member of the **Europeana Network Association
<https://pro.europeana.eu/>** Members
Council*
*Topic Editor for the Frontiers in Virtual Reality journal* *"**Exploring
Synergies between the Digital Twin Paradigm and eXtended Reality*
<https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/30020>"
*Guest Editor for the Special Issue @Electronics* "*Advances in Tangible
and Embodied Interaction for Virtual and Augmented Reality*
<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/special_issues/VAR_electronics>"
*Works in Progress Co-Chair at IFIP-ICEC 2022
<https://www.icec2022.eu/>**conference
<https://www.icec2022.eu/>*
Coordinator of the Bachelor in Design and Multimedia
<https://www.dei.uc.pt/ldm/?en>
Assistant Professor
CISUC/DEI, University of Coimbra
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