CfP for the Journal of Virtual Worlds Issue 'Assembled 2016' A General Call for Papers <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=2eb8c3f175&e=790f62627f> The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research (http://www.jvwresearch.org/ <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=fbf66b4876&e=790f62627f>) is an online, open access academic journal that engages a wide spectrum of scholarship and welcomes contributions from the many disciplines and approaches that intersect with virtual worlds research. Virtual worlds ignite a continuously evolving area of study that spans multiple disciplines and the JVWR editorial team looks forward to engaging a wide range of creative and scholarly research. *Note:* this is a good opportunity for authors for a quick turnaround of papers with February 2016 *decisio*n on publication and March 2016 *actual publication*. *Motivation and Scope* The Assembled issue is a place for various papers, on the topic of the journal - that are being collected during the year and published usually once a year. Authors who would like to submit directly to the ‘Assembled’ issue should do so by adding the words “submitted for Assembled” in the “Comments for Editor” on the 1st step of the submitting process. *Possible topics include, but are not limited to:* - 3D fun - Mini robots - Social networks that change our mind - Artificial limbs - New forms of hardware - Augmented and mixed environments - Wearables - User generated content - 3D printing - Visual data streaming - Immersive technologies - Shopping from home - Projections of the real - Wireless people - Portable friends - The Internet of Things - Virtual currencies - E-readers - … - And more *See past Assembled issues:* Assembled 2010 <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=a9bb423d0d&e=790f62627f> Assembled 2011 <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=caa7a7e7c3&e=790f62627f> Assembled 2012 <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=adcf6b98b7&e=790f62627f> Assembled 2013 <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=4ae0a779af&e=790f62627f> Assembled 2014 <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=58f4a5301f&e=790f62627f> Assembled 2015 <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=b48d8af15b&e=790f62627f> Submission Instructions Authors are invited to submit original scholarly papers of 3000-7000 words including footnotes, references, and appendices. Interested authors should submit a full paper by the deadline indicated below. All submissions should be made via the JVWR publishing system (see www.jvwreserach.org > About JVWR > For Authors). All submissions will be peer reviewed. Accepted papers will be published online in the Volume 9, Number 1 (2016) of the Journal. *Deadlines and Timetable* Issue editor(s) are to be announced. *January 15, 2016:* Authors submit full paper *January 20, 2016:* Editors return initial decision *February 10, 2016:* Editors return final review *March 10, 2016:* Authors submit final revision *March 25, 2016:* Camera ready papers *March 31, 2016:* Publication Further Information Please contact: info@jvwresearch.org <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=884cd66c39&e=790f62627f> Submit by January 15, 2016 <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=5ee709dc80&e=790f62627f> <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=8f198635f5&e=790f62627f> *Copyright © 2015 Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, All rights reserved.*