The September issue of WIRED Italy features a story by Matteo Bittanti on Mixed Reality Performance: An Evening on Sirikata, an  upcoming performance at the MiTo International festival of Music in Milan, Italy, on September 12 and 13.  The event is presented by the Stanford Humanities Lab [SHL] and the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics [CCRMA], Stanford University).  Introduced by Jeffrey T. Schnapp (founder-director, Stanford Humanities Lab), the event will mix real-life performances with virtual worlds, thanks to the work done by the Sirikata team led by Henrik Bennetsen (associate director of the Stanford Humanities Lab) and Chris Platz, the art director.  

Organized by the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, the Stanford Humanities Lab and the Preserving Virtual Worlds project of the Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information ResourcesPlay-Machinima-Law, is a two-day conference to be held at Stanford University on Friday and Saturday, April 24th-25th, 2009.

The How They Got Game Project at Stanford University is currently seeking papers that explore the connections between mapping, cartographic practices, and electronic gaming for an illustrated book that will be published in 2010.