From: Jeremy Thompson (shrgriff@reading.ac.uk)
Subject: Call for Participation/Entries:  INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY 
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1992 22:15:54 GMT
Organization: Human Interface Technology Lab, Univ. of Wash., Seattle



Call for Participation/Entries
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INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR OF VIRTUAL REALITY R & D

	Meckler Ltd., publishers of the VIRTUAL REALITY REPORT and 
organizers of conferences on virtual reality, are to publish an 
INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF VIRTUAL R & D.  The Directory aims to 
provide detailed and comprehensive information on research 
currently underway throughout the world which will impact upon 
both the technology and application of virtual reality.  It is also 
hoped that the dissemination of detailed information on VR research 
to other researchers worldwide will provide a comprehensive R&D 
reference for all those in the field.

	The Directory aims to cover technological developments in 
teleoperation/telepresence/advanced robotics, HCI techniques, 
synthetic environments (object-oriented/non-object-oriented/real-
time, etc.), senses (audio/vision/tactile/display technology), body 
suits/helmets/tracking, and parallel processing for VR.  In addition, 
progress in the application of virtual reality to education/training, 
simulation, the military, games, space, marine/aviation, and medical 
fields will be covered.

n	The bulk of the Directory will consist of individual entries on 
R&D projects being undertaken by academic and commercial research 
institutions.  Each entry will include information on a project's 
aims, key researchers, results achieved to date, funding bodies, 
number of VR researchers, literature published by researchers, and 
possible future spinoff research.  All entries to the Directory will 
be compiled from questionnaires completed by VR researchers, along 
with material from other sources, by the Editor and Advisory 
Editors.  Needless to say, there will be *no cost to any institution 
for inclusion of R&D project details* in the Directory.

	The project is being supported by researchers at some of the 
most well-known VR research institutions worldwide.  Advisory 
Editors to the project include Dr. William M. Bricken of the 
University of Washington's HIT Laboratory; Dr. Robert J. Stone of the 
UK's Advanced Robotics Research Centre; Dr. J. Michael Moshell, 
Director of the University of Florida's IST Visual Systems 
Laboratory; and Drs. J. Nomura and R. Nakajima of Japan's Matsushita 
Electric Works Ltd.

	To compile a serious and comprehensive directory intended for 
serious researchers, the Editors must solicit the cooperation of 
those institutions involved in virtual reality research.  We would 
therefore urge as many researchers involved in projects (academic 
or commercial) which impact upon the development of VR to contact 
the Directory's Editor, giving *brief* details of the nature and scope 
of R&D projects being undertaken within their organizations.  A 
questionnaire detailing exactly what information is required for 
entry to the Directory will then be sent by return.  Obviously, the 
more entries we can make on worldwide R&D projects, the more 
comprehensive and therefore valuable will be the Directory as a 
research resource.

Jeremy Thompson
Editor, International Directory of Virtual Reality R & D
shrgriff@reading.ac.uk

PO Box 140, Aldershot
Hants GU12 5QX, UK

Telephone:  +(44) (252) 519 239
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[MODERATOR'S NOTE:  Please tell them you saw it here.  I'm curious what
the response may be. -- Bob Jacobson]