*****  Computer Select, October 1994  : Articles *****

Journal:    The New York Times  Sept 25, 1994 v144 s3 pF7(N) pF7(L) col 1
           (12 col in)
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Title:     He added 'virtual' to 'reality.'
             (Jaron Zepel Lanier) (Sound Bytes)
Author:    Lewis, Peter H.


Abstract:  Jaron Zepel Lanier is a computer software programmer who
           originated the term virtual reality and developed the data
           gloves and eye goggles that allow users to experience a
           virtual reality environment. At one time, Lanier tried to
           patent the phrase but it became too popular and the effort to
           control its use became too expensive. Lanier is now heading
           several development efforts at his new Silicon Valley firm,
           New Leaf, to design virtual reality applications for medical
           and entertainment purposes. Virtual reality can be used by the
           medical profession to provide simulations of a patient's body
           and to help doctors work with sophisticated surgical
           instrumentation that is otherwise extremely difficult to
           control. Virtual reality would be used for entertainment to
           provide a variety of functions that would not be restricted to
           pure entertainment but would offer different services, such as
           education and retail, in a single location.
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Type:      Interview
Company:   New Leaf
Topic:     Virtual reality
           New Technique
           Interview
           Programmer


Record#:   16 261 030
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