GENERAL: Telecommunications and VR Schedules.

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Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 15:23:19 -0500
From: Carl Loeffler <cel+@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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STUDIO FOR CREATIVE INQUIRY
Carnegie Mellon University

Announcing:

In addition to welcoming the New Year, Carl Eugene Loeffler, will
conduct presentations on the subject of NETWORKED VIRTUAL REALITY at the
following:

Finland-
VIRTUAL REALITY SEMINAR, Hypermedia Laboratory, University of Tampere,
and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki.

Norway-
TELEMATIC SEMINAR 92, hosted by the Norwegian Telecom Research
Institute, Kjeller/Oslo.

Sweden-
5Th MULTI-G WORKSHOP, hosted by the Interaction and Presentation
Laboratory, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH),Stockholm.

Carl Eugene Loeffler, is Project Director, Telecommunications and
Virtual Reality, STUDIO FOR CREATIVE INQUIRY, Carnegie Mellon
University. The project investigates the a basis for multiple
users located in distant geographical locations, to be conjoined in the
same virtual, immersion environment. The project employs
telecommunication hardware, as well as the hardware associated with
virtual reality: head mounted display and multi-directional navigation
devices, and utilizes WorldToolKit, a virtual world development program,
available from Sense8 Corporation.

The first technical demonstration of the project was conducted last
September, by presenting the NETWORKED VIRTUAL ART MUSEUM conjoined
between CMU and the EXPEDITION 92 conference, Munich, Germany.


While a recent presentation for the Ford Motor Company, Michigan,
featured a technical demonstration of networked virtual reality, with
specific applications for design processes.

Current lectures on the project were conducted at: THIRD
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF ELECTRONIC ART (TISEA), Sydney, Australia; AI
IN MEDIA CONFERENCE, Nagoya, and the MULTIMEDIA SEMINAR, Hokkaido
University, Sapporo; Japan; EDUCOM, and the NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS
FORUM, United States.

In Feburary Loeffler will present lectures at the College Art
Association (CAA), and universities in Michigan and Arizona. He will
also conduct activities in Tokyo, Japan.

FOR INFORMATION:
Carl Eugene Loeffler
Project Director
Telecommunications and Virtual Reality
Studio for Creative Inquiry
College of Fine Arts
Carnegie Mellon University
Tel: (412) 268-3452
FAX: (412) 268-2829
Email: cel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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