From diderot@hitl.washington.edu Mon Oct 17 11:13:04 1994 Return-Path: Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.4/UW-NDC Revision: 2.30 ) id AA19735; Mon, 17 Oct 94 11:13:04 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.30 ) id AA18545; Mon, 17 Oct 94 11:12:59 -0700 Received: by hitl.hitl.washington.edu; id AA02869; Mon, 17 Oct 1994 11:10:17 -0700 Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 11:10:17 -0700 Message-Id: <9410171810.AA02869@hitl.hitl.washington.edu> X-Sender: diderot@hitl.washington.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: scivw@hitl.washington.edu From: stewart@mickey.jsc.nasa.gov (Mary Stewart ) (by way of diderot@hitl.washington.edu (Toni Emerson)) Subject: Re: TECH: HITL VRD Report Status: OR Toni, I'm new to newsgroups so please pardon my goofs on proper etiquette. Will you please post this program for a workshop on VR we are having for us at JSC? Thanks. If there's a problem, you can contact me at ismcr@mickey. jsc.nasa.gov. ADVANCE PROGRAM The Fourth International Symposium on Measurement and Control in Robotics (ISMCR '94) ISMCR '94 TOPICAL WORKSHOP ON VIRTUAL REALITY November 30-December 3, 1994 NASSAU BAY HILTON AND MARINA 3000 NASA Road One Houston, Texas 77058 USA Organized by; IMEKO Technical Committee 17 Sponsored by; ISA Clear Lake Section Cosponsored by; IEEE Galveston Bay Section and AIAA Technical Committee on Automation and Robotics Hosted by: Clear Lake Council of Technical Societies and NASA/Johnson Space Center, Automation, Robotics , and Simulation Division ISMCR '94 Topical Workshop on Virtual Reality provides a unique opportunity for the dissemination of and learning about the current state of virtual reality technology and the sharing of first hand experience in the development of the field. Key aspects of rendering, sensing, and displaying along with applications will be discussed. The special feature of the workshop is the environment provided by the international researchers and developers in the field, providing a broader look at the current state of art. WORKSHOP PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM REGISTRATION Nassau Bay Hilton Lobby 1:00 - 6:00 PM STATE-OF-THE-ART TUTORIALS Nassau Bay Hilton 1:00 - 2:30 PM TUTORIAL 1 "SOFTWARE TOOLS IN VIRTUAL REALITY" Presenters: Bradley Bell, LinCom; Timothy Sullivan, LinCom and S. Michael Goza, NASA/Johnson Space Center, USA 2:30 - 2:45 PM BREAK 2:45 - 4:15 PM TUTORIAL 2 "LOGIC ACCELERATOR STRATEGIES FOR VIRTUAL REALITY APPLICATIONS" Presenter: Dr. Wolf Kohn, Intermetrics, USA 4:15 -4:30 PM BREAK 4:30 - 6:00 PM TUTORIAL 3 "THE ART OF SENSING" Presenter: Prof. Masatoshi Ishikawa, University of Tokyo, Japan 6:00 -7:00 PM RECEPTION - CASH BAR Nassau Bay Hilton THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 8:30 AM WELCOME Nassau Bay Hilton Norman H. Chaffee, General Chairperson, NASA/Johnson Space Center, USA Dr. Susumu Tachi, General Chairperson, The University of Tokyo, Japan Dr. Carolyn L. Huntoon, Director, NASA/Johnson Space Center , USA Robert H. Brown, Program Chairperson Comprehensive Solutions, USA KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS Keynote Presentation Dr. Norman Hackerman, Robert A. Welch Foundation, USA (Invited) Dr. Ivan Sutherland, Sun Microsystems, USA (Invited) 10:00 - 12:00 PM PLENARY SESSIONS PLENARY 1: TOPIC: "THE USE OF VIRTUAL REALITY IN PREPARING FOR THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE REPAIR MISSION" Presenter: Dr. Jeffrey A. Hoffman, NASA Astronaut, USA PLENARY 2: TOPIC: "HUMAN ENGINEERING IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS" Presenter: Dr. Stephen R. Ellis, NASA/Ames Research Center, USA PLENARY 3: TOPIC: "TELE-EXISTENCE IN VIRTUAL AND REAL ENVIRONMENTS" Presenter: Dr. Susumu Tachi, University of Tokyo, Japan 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM LUNCH 1:00 - 3:00 PM SESSION 1: RENDERING Nassau Bay Hilton 1.1 "VIBRATORY TACTILE DISPLAY FOR TEXTURES" Yashushi Ikei, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology, Japan 1.2 "HELMET-MOUNTED DISPLAY" To be Announced, Honeywell, USA 1.3 "APPLIED VIRTUAL REALITY" R. Jorge Montoya, Research Triangle Institute, USA 1.4 ` TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER 3:00 - 3:30 PM BREAK 3:30 - 5:30 PM SESSION 2: APPLICATIONS Nassau Bay Hilton 2.1 "SIMULATION OF ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY ON THE HUMAN KNEE USING MRI DATA" Geoffrey S. Heller, Arctic Region Supercomputing Center, USA 2.2 "MULTIMODEL CORRELATION AND INTRAOPERATIVE MATCHING OF VIRTUAL MODELS IN NEUROSURGERY" Encrco Ceresole, Michael Dal Sasso, Aldo Rossi, University of Padua, Italy 2.3 "VIRTUAL REALITY AND TELEROBOTICS APPLICATIONS OF AN ADDRESS RECALCULATION PIPELINE" Matthew Regan, Monash University, Australia 2.4 "USING VIRTUAL REALITY FOR SCIENCE MISSION PLANNING" Jacqueline Kim, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA 6:30 - 9:00 PM BANQUET AND KEYNOTE Space Center Houston TOPIC TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER Presenter: Dr. Thomas Furness III, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 8:30 - 10:00 AM SESSION 3: TRACKING SENSORS Nassau Bay Hilton 3.1 "A SPECIFICATION OF 3D MANIPULATIONS IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS" S. Augustine Su, Texas A&M University, USA 3.2 "AN APPLICATIONS-ORIENTED APPROACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS" Michael X. Crowe, GreyStone Technology, Inc., USA 3.3 TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER 10:00 - 10:30 PM BREAK 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM SESSION 4: DISPLAYS Nassau Bay Hilton 4.1 "TELE-HYPER VIRTUALITY" Nobuyoshi Terashima, ATR, Japan 4.2 "SURFACE MATCHING FOR CORRELATION OF VIRTUAL MODELS THEORY AND APPLICATION" Robert Caracciolo, Francesco Fanton, Alessandro Gasparetto, University of Padua, Italy 4.3 TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM LUNCH 1:00 - 3:00 PM SESSION 5: SENSORY FEEDBACK Nassau Bay Hilton 5.1 "MASTER-SLAVE SYSTEM WITH FORCE FEEDBACK BASED ON DYNAMICS OF VIRTUAL MODEL" Shuji Nojima, University of Tokyo, Japan 5.2 "PHYSICS-BASED APPROACH TO HAPTIC DISPLAY" J. Michael Brown, Northwestern University, USA 5.3 "A VIRTUAL WORK SPACE FOR BOTH-HANDS- MANIPULATION WITH COHERENCY BETWEEN KINESTHETIC AND VISUAL SENSATION" Mashiro Ishii, P. Sukanya, Makoto Soto, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan 5.4 "VIRTUAL REALITY APPLICATION WITH PARTIAL GRAVITY SIMULATION" David Ray, NASA/Johnson Space Center, USA 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM BREAK 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SESSION 6: APPLICATIONS Nassau Bay Hilton 6.1 "APPLYING VIRTUAL REALITY TO COMMERCIAL 'EDUTAINMENT' " Fred Grissom, Sharon P. Goza, S. Michael Goza, Avian Graphics, Ltd., USA 6.3 "A WORKOUT FOR VIRTUAL BODYBUILDERS" Steve Benford, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, Lennart E. Fahle'n , Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden 6.2 "SCRIPTING ANIMATIONS IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT" Michael E. Goldsby, Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Co., USA 6.3 "CPP-TRS): ON USING VISUAL COGNITIVE SYMBOLS TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATION EFFECTIVENESS" Graziella Tonfoni, University of Bologna, Italy 5:30 - 6:30 PM PANEL DISCUSSION Nassau Bay Hilton TOPIC: "Future Directions of Virtual Reality" Chairperson: Dr. Susumu Tachi, The University of Tokyo, Japan PANELISTS: 1. Dr. Thomas Furness III, University of Washington, USA 2. Dr. Nobuyoshi Terashima, ATR, Japan 3. Dr. Mashiro Ishii, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan 4. Dr. Steve Benford, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom 5. Dr. Wolf Kohn, Intermetrics, USA SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM TECHNICAL TOURS TOUR 1 NASA/JOHNSON SPACE CENTER TECHNICAL LABORATORIES TOUR 2 IMAX/PLANETARIUM TOUR 3: SPACE CENTER HOUSTON Bound volumes of the ISMCR '94 proceedings are included in the registration fee and will be distributed at the Workshop. Hotel and transportation information to and from airports can be obtained from the Registration Chairperson, Mary Stewart, NASA/Johnson Space Center, Mail Code ER, Houston, Texas 77058 USA. Phone 713-483-1724; fax 713-483-7580; email ismcr@mickey.jsc.nasa.gov. REGISTRATION FORM A check in U.S. dollars ($) must be received by Mary Stewart no later than November 11, 1994, to qualify for the special early registration rate. Please use one form per registrant. Please make checks payable to ISMCR '94. Name: Company/Organization Address City State Zip Code Country Telephone Fax email Please indicate if you are Author, Presenter, Session Chairperson, Committee Member, or Attendee. Full Workshop Registration Workshop: (Wed/Thurs/Fri), Tutorial, Proceedings, Banquet $200.00 Before 11/11/94 Workshop: (Wed/Thurs/Fri), Tutorial, Proceedings, Banquet $230.00 After 11/11/94 For Students Workshop (Wed/Thurs/Fri), Tutorial, Proceedings, (No Banquet) $50.00 Before 11/11/94 Workshop ((Wed/Thurs/Fri), Tutorial, Proceedings, (No Banquet) $80.00 After 11/11/94 One Day Registration All Tutorials (Wed) $100.00 Before 11/11/94 Workshop/Proceedings (Thurs) $100.00 Before 11/11/94 Workshop/Proceedings (Fri) $100.00 Before 11/11/94 Workshop/Tutorials/Proceedings (Wed,Thur, or Friday) (No Banquet) $120.00 per day after 11/11/94 Banquet Only $20.00 Before 11/11/94 Banquet Only $25.00 After 11/11/94 Tour 1 NASA/Johnson Space Center Labs Free Tour 2 IMAX/Planetarium $20.00 Tour 3 Space Center Houston (Lunch no included) $15.00 Limited Space on all tours Send check and registration form to: Mary Stewart, NASA/Johnson Space Center, Mail Code ER, Houston, Texas 77058 USA. Phone: 713-483-1724; Fax: 713-483-7580; email: ismcr@mickey.jsc.nasa.gov. General Chairpersons: Prof. Susumu Tachi, University of Tokyo and Norman H. Chaffee, NASA/Johnson Space Center Program Chairpersons Robert H. Brown, Comprehensive Solutions and David Homan, NASA/Johnson Space Center General Coordinator: Dr. Zafar Taqvi, Hernandez Engineering, Phone: 713-333-6544, Fax: 713-333-7072; email: taqvi@lock.jsc.nasa.gov