From news@info.curtin.edu.au Wed Nov 23 02:24:36 1994 Return-Path: Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA09899; Wed, 23 Nov 94 02:24:36 -0800 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA24742; Wed, 23 Nov 94 02:24:35 -0800 Received: by hitl.hitl.washington.edu; id AA07516; Wed, 23 Nov 1994 02:21:07 -0800 Received: from info.curtin.edu.au by munnari.oz.au with SMTP (5.83--+1.3.1+0.50) id AA11364; Wed, 23 Nov 1994 21:24:11 +1100 (from news@info.curtin.edu.au) Received: by info.curtin.edu.au id AA02318 (5.67a/IDA-1.4.5 for sci-virtual-worlds@munnari.oz.au); Wed, 23 Nov 1994 18:24:29 +0800 To: sci-virtual-worlds@munnari.oz.au Path: newsmaster From: rwoodsaj@cuppa.curtin.edu.au Newsgroups: alt.3d,sci.virtual-worlds Subject: Advance Program for The Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality '95 Date: Wed, 23 Nov 94 10:24:14 GMT Organization: Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia Lines: 85 Message-Id: <3av58t$26v@info.curtin.edu.au> Nntp-Posting-Host: cc.curtin.edu.au Status: OR This post contains the advance technical program for THE ENGINEERING REALITY OF VIRTUAL REALITY II (Thursday 9th February 1995) being held as part of the IS&T/SPIE SYMPOSIUM ON ELECTRONIC IMAGING: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY at the San Jose Convention Centre, San Jose, California, USA February 5-10, 1995 ------------ Advance Technical Program: THE ENGINEERING REALITY OF VIRTUAL REALITY II Conference Chairs: Mark T Bolas, Fakespace, Inc Scott S Fisher, Telepresence Research, Inc Thursday 9 February (8.20am to 10.00am) Session 5: Enabling Technologies I Session Chairs: Steve T Bryson, Computer Sciences Corp Mark Oberman, OBE Systems 1. "Video support platform for virtual environment applications", J Humphries, Sterling Software, Inc 2. "Diffractive optics for head-mounted displays", W H Welch, Digital Optics Corp. 3. "Alternative display and interaction devices", M T Bolas, Fakespace, Inc 4. "Role of computer vision in augmented virtual reality", R Sharma, University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign Thursday 9 February (10.30am to 12.10pm) Session 6: Enabling Technologies II Session Chair: Jim Humphries, Sterling Software, Inc 5. "The BRIDGE between developers and virtual environments: a robust virtual environment system architecture", C Tonnesen, George Washington Univ and Naval Research Lab 6. "Storage and definition of behaviours", P Mlyniec, MultiGen Inc 7. "Implementation of a complex level-of-detail management method for handling complex visual scene models", L E Hitchner, Consultant 8. "Time-realistic 3D CG simulator sight", H Kamada, Fujitsu Labs Ltd (Japan) *LUNCH/EXHIBIT BREAK* Thursday 9 February (1.40pm to 3.20pm) Session 7: Building Applications I Session Chair: Scott S Fisher, Telepresence Research, Inc 9. "Virtual-environment-based user interface for geographic information systems", L van der Schee, Leiden Univ. (The Netherlands) 10. "Glove-less interface for interaction in scientific visualisation virtual environments", M Ferneau, Sterling Software, Inc 11. "Three-dimensional object manipulation techniques: immersive versus nonimmersive interfaces", D Mapes, MultiGen Inc 12. "Controlling a virtual reality system with muscle movement and brain activity", T Coull, Sense8 Corp Thursday 9 February (3.50pm to 6.00pm) Session 8: Building Applications II Session Chair: Mark T Bolas, Fakespace, Inc 13. "Recent developments in virtual experience design and production", S S Fisher, Telepresence Research, Inc 14. "Bar code hotel: diverse interactions of semi-autonomous entities", P Hoberman, Consultant Demonstrations and Discussion ---------------------------- If you wish to receive the Advance Technical Program for the entire symposium which includes the details of 22 other electronic imaging conferences (including Stereoscopic Displays and Applications) also being held at the symposium, please contact the SPIE at "spie@spie.org". In your email please include your postal (snail mail) address and ask for the Advance Technical Program for Electronic Imaging'95. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Woods | Centre for Marine Science and Technology, | Curtin University of Technology, _--_|\ | GPO Box U1987, Perth W.A. 6001, AUSTRALIA. / \ | Internet: WOODS_AJ@cc.curtin.edu.au -->\_.--._/ | Phone: +61 9 351 7920 Perth v | Fax: +61 9 351 2377 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------