From diderot@hitl.washington.edu Wed Jun 7 11:14:20 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx4.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA07753; Wed, 7 Jun 95 11:14:20 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx4.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA00700; Wed, 7 Jun 95 11:14:16 -0700 Received: from [128.95.74.170] (diderot.hitl.washington.edu [128.95.74.170]) by hitl.hitl.washington.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA06580 for ; Wed, 7 Jun 1995 11:14:13 -0700 X-Sender: diderot@hitl.washington.edu Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 11:17:01 -0700 To: scivw@hitl.washington.edu From: DYSART@delphi.com (by way of diderot@hitl.washington.edu (Toni Emerson)) Subject: VR Monthly: Digital World Coverage Status: OR Toni, Would appreciate the below post. I regret not meeting you at VRWorld '95 - for me, it was like a video on fast-forward. Next time. -Joe Dysart (The following is an excerpt from the upcoming July 1995 issue of VR Monthly.) INDUSTRY BUZZ Seriously hospitalized kids will soon be experiencing the ecstatically liberating powers of virtual reality, thanks to a new networked virtual world created by movie director Stephen Spielberg. Showcased June 5 in Los Angeles at the Digital World trade show, Starbright World will link seriously ill kids from their hospital beds across the country via a telecommunications network put together by Worlds Inc., Intel Corporation, Sprint, and UB Networks. Spielberg himself was on hand to introduce trade showgoers to the potential of Starbright, which offers world's as diverse as the bright and riotous "tropical world," to the soothing and nurturing "cave world." Spielberg - who appeared in avatar form as ET - chose "cave world" to interact virtually with patients at the Lucille Salter Packard Children's Hospital, based in Palo Alto, California. While not yet fully immersive, Starbright's 3D environment represents the first step towards a national, and eventually international network of hospitals that will be linked in virtual reality, according to health care facilities participating in the project. (For complete coverage of Digital World - and every other major VR-related trade show and convention, subscribe to VR Monthly. For a free email sample of "Virtual Reality Monthly: The World Market's Window on VR," send your email address to: dysart@delphi.com. Your business address, phone and fax would be appreciated, but is not required.)