From: Harry Fearnhamm Subject: Re: Meckler Conference Taking Place NOW, in London! Date: Thu, 6 Jun 91 19:47:22 BST From: cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson) Subject: Meckler Conference Taking Place NOW, in London! Date: Fri, 31 May 1991 04:30:59 GMT Organization: Human Interface Technology Lab, Univ. of Wash., Seattle This is a reminder to our European friends, and especially those in Northern Europe, that the Meckler Conference on Virtual Reality takes place in London this weekend and/or the first part of next week. I have no details, so anyone who can post the calendar and roster should do so. The HIT Lab will have a few delegates there, as will most other VR labs in North America and Britain. The newsgroup welcomes reports from any attendees. Unfortunately I went expecting an exhibition with a conference attached. It turned out to be the other way round, but given the limited amount of commercial development in Britain, that's hardly surprising. There was nothing new over the Computer Graphics Exhibition last November in London, but that too is hardly surprising. There were no University Groups demonstrating, either, which might have been a good idea - does this reflect the limited amount of academic VR research in Britain (someone enlighted me here!), or is it just the way the conference turned out? I could only afford the proceedings - I wish these things weren't so expensive!!! -- Harry Fearnhamm, ,---.'\ EMAIL: loki@harlqn.co.uk Harlequin Ltd, (, /@ )/ ...!ukc!cam-cl!harlqn!loki Barrington Hall, /( _/ ') VOX: +44 (0)223 872522 Barrington, \,`---' FAX: +44 (0)223 872519 Cambridgeshire, DISCLAIMER: Nothing is True. ENGLAND. Everything is Permitted. [MODERATOR'S NOTE: Is "VR" passing out of the exhibition -- I almost said, "circus"! -- mode, or is this just a passing hiatus in the cycle of commercial conferencing? Only the NIKKEI and SIGGRAPH meetings will tell! Stay tuned, fellow celebrants. Thanks again, Harry, for the report. Think of the Proceedings' cost as an investment in your great-grandchildrens' future. They should fetch a nice price in the future. I hang onto MOST of my VR memorabilia. [Sorry about the editorializing, friends. Back into my moderator's shell... -- Bob Jacobson]