From: pcrvrjon@aol.com (PCR VR Jon) Subject: EVENT: LA-VR-SIG - Sept 19th - QT/VR - Virtual Sets Date: 13 Sep 1995 09:27:27 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) From pcrvrjon@aol.com (PCR VR Jon) Virtual Reality SIG presents Virtual Sets and QuickTime Virtual Reality On Tuesday Evening September 19th, The Virtual Reality Special Interest Group will meet at The Electronic Cafe International (ECI) at 7:30 PM. Marty Kassowitz of View 360 Productions in North Hollywood will make a live presentation showcasing his capabilities with Apple's revolutionary new QuickTime Virtual Reality (QTVR) authoring System. Marty recently completed a project to produce 3 QTVR scenes from photos taken at ECI. He will be displaying the ECI scenes, discussing the production process, and looking at both the short term and long term prospects for this technology. ECI is one of the first venues in the world to be captured and displayed in this new medium. Come join us for one of the first opportunities for the public to get a glimpse of QTVR which is best described as a medium for creating real world, panoramic, 360 degree,time independent, spatial nodes. These still life, real world photographic scenes are capable of being used as Web based media or as content for a CD ROM titles. The meeting will be an excellent opportunity to witness how QTVR is redefining and extending the capabilities of the World Wide Web. One of the hottest growing areas in the realm of real time virtual technologies is the concept of Virtual Sets. This technology began to be showcased at both the NAB 95 Conference and SIGGRAPH 95, with many more companies expecting to join the fray in 1996. Now blue screens, chromakey switchers, real time image generators, digital video cameras are being melded in new ways to open new dimensions to computer generated television production. ElectroGIG is one of the first companies to introduce a turn key virtual set for video production, with their new REALITY TRACKING System. We will be joined by Mike Dilworth, Director of R&D for ElectroGIG who has been developing the REALITY TRACKING system for the last year. Their flagship product is GIG3DGO, a high end modeling, animation, and rendering software system for Silicon Graphics Workstations. Mike will discuss how Virtual Set technologies could open up many new creative opportunities for integrating live performers into fully interactive 3 dimensional virtual worlds for TV and video productions. Kit Galloway will also demonstrate how real-time blue screen techniques can be utilized in videoconferencing environments. The Electronic Cafe is located at 1649 18th Street in Santa Monica. From the 10 Freeway, exit at Cloverfield, go right to Olympic, then left to 18th Street. Take a right on 18th and proceed to the last driveway entrance on the right. ECI is on the south east corner of that lot, and parking is also available on 18th, and on Olympic. Admission is $10.00. For more information, contact Dave Blackburn via email daveb@acex.com ================================================== Jon Neill Resource Consultant AOL VR Resource Center PCRVRJon@aol.com ===================================================