From: "V. Wayne Ingalls" Subject: EVENT: VRML presentation to NORTHWEST ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FORUM Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 13:50:30 -0800 Organization: Boeing Defense & Space Group WHEN: Monday, March 17th, 1997. No-host dinner: 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Social hour: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Program: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. WHERE: The College Club, 5th Avenue & Madison Street, in Seattle. (Directions later in this notice.) TOPIC: Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML). What it is. What it is not. What it might become., SPEAKER: Mr. V. Wayne Ingalls, the Boeing Company. COST: Public $10, NaiF members free. Complementary parking until 9 p.m. for all attendees in the College Club garage. ABSTRACT The seminar will be a guided tour of the Virtual Worlds of Cyberspace. Along the way, Mr. Ingalls will discuss the process that was used to develop the VRML language standard and it's current state. He will talk about the various browser and development tools that are available now and those currently in development. He will present a "Grand Vision" for the future of this technology. BIOGRAPHY V. Wayne Ingalls is a Senior Principal Scientist with the Boeing Defense & Space Group. He is the current President of The Society for Computer Simulation International and a member of NaiF. He has nearly forty years of experience in computer simulation and related technologies. DINNER & AI NaiF members and non-members are invited to come early and order your own dinner from the College Club's delicious and economical menu. The College Club offers free beer and some soft drink selections to Club members and their guests (that includes all NaiF program participants) during their "happy hour" from 5 to 7 p.m. Why not come directly from work (please arrive by 5:30 p.m.) and join the NaiF Board, NaiF members and friends in a great dinner before the evening program? To aid in their planning, the College Club requires a count of NaiF dinner participants. R.S.V.P. for the dinner to Dave Ault (DAAult@Brigadoon.com, or 206-783-2917) by Noon on Wednesday, March 12th, 1997. SOCIAL HOUR Come early (or join us after dinner) and network with other AI professionals and enthusiasts during our social hour from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. NaiF provides complementary coffee and sodas during the social hour and program presentation. FUTURE NaiF EVENTS Monday, April 21st, 1997. The Boeing 777 "Flythru" Program, presented by Bob Abarbanel and Jeff Heisserman. DIRECTIONS FROM THE SOUTH - * Take the Madison Street exit from I-5. * Turn left (west) at the light onto Madison St. * Turn left (south) at the second light onto 5th Avenue. * Turn left immediately into the garage under the College Club. FROM THE NORTH - * Take the Union Street exit from I-5. * Turn left (south) onto 5th Avenue. * After Madison St. turn left into garage under the College Club. NaiF BOARD & OFFICERS David Ault, Ph.D. Paul Gianattasio (President) Robin Gianattasio (Secretary) Al Leichner, C.P.A. (Treasurer) Dan Mahler (Vice President) Philip Murphy, Ph.D. Brian Weisbrod NaiF ACTIVITIES * To volunteer for NaiF activities please contact NaiF President Paul Gianattasio at . * NaiF gives AI practitioners a forum to share their experiences and results. Interested? Contact Program Director Dr. Dave Ault at . * NaiF's "AI & the Internet" Special Interest Group meets monthly. Interested? Contact coordinator John Quel at . For additional information on NaiF's activities please call the NaiF Voice Information Line, connect to our AInet BBS or our WWW Web Site. CONTACTING NaiF P.O. Box 181 Voice Line: (206) 820-4051 Bellevue, WA, 98009-0181 AInet BBS: (206) 216-0798 (8N1) World Wide Web Site: http://www.halcyon.com/topper/naif.htm To preserve confidentiality of the names on NaiF's list, this message was sent using the "blind carbon copy" feature of Eudora Light e-mail software. Your name deleted upon request to the sender. David A. Ault, Ph.D. P.O. Box 31864 Seattle, WA 98103-1864 (206) 783-2917