From: cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson)
Subject: Three relevant, current articles.
Date: 23 Jan 91 00:25:13 GMT
Organization: Human Interface Technology Lab, Univ. of Wash., Seattle




Expect a flood of new virtual-focused articles in both the popular and,
encouragingly, the trade/professional press.  Playboy, The Scientist,
Stern, Computer Graphics World, and the Everett Herald (the E-H? only
relevant to Boeing workers in Seattle region!) will all be doing stories
on our field.  The switch to discussions of practical applications for
VW tech, for me, is a good sign that we may begin to attract the support
that our technology deserves.

Here are three short articles of recent vintage:

"Reach Out:  Touch is added to virtual reality simulations,"
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, February 1991, p. 134 (writer, Gary Stix).

"Building the Information Highway," TECHNOLOGY REVIEW (MIT), 
January 1991, pp. 29-40 (cover story) (author, Michael L. Dertouzos,
MIT Computer Science Lab).  Not directly VW related, but infrastructure
questions for televirtuality are raised.

"Through the looking glass into an artificial world -- via computer,"
SMITHSONIAN, January 1991, pp. 36-45 (writer, Doug Stewart).

Bob Jacobson
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