The Univ. of Rochester is using virtual reality in human
psycho-physical studies.  Our VR Lab is in the Computer Sci Dept and 
is a center of inter-disciplinary work among pychologists, cognitive
scientists and computer scientists.  For us computer scientists, these
studies inform computational models of vision, attention, planning,
goal interaction, manipulation, motor tasks, etc.

The lab has a VR helmet and eye-tracking device, head and hand position
sensors (flocks), a go-cart for virtual-world driving, an EXOS dextrous
hand master, 2 VPL datagloves, an SGI and a few sparcs. There are also
two puma robot arms, a Utah/MIT robot hand and a robot "head" with
color binocular vision.

Polly Pook				Dept. of Computer Science
pook@cs.rochester.edu			University of Rochester
(716)275-8479				Rochester, NY 14627 USA

PS For gradute admissions info write to the admissions secretary, 
Peggy Frantz, at frantz.cs.rcochester.edu or phone 716-275-5478.