GENERAL: Networked VR Announcement.

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Organization: Studio for Creative Inquiry, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1993 13:57:53 -0500
From: Carl Loeffler <cel+@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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STUDIO FOR CREATIVE INQUIRY
Carnegie Mellon University

Announcing:

During the month of February, Carl Eugene Loeffler, Project Director,
Telecommunications and Virtual Reality, CMU, will conduct presentations
on the subject of NETWORKED VIRTUAL REALITY at the following:

Computer Science Laboratory, SONY Corporation, Tokyo.

College Art Association, Seattle.

Simulated Presence: Critical Response to Electronic Imaging, Arizona
State University, Tempe.

Carl Eugene Loeffler is Project Director, Telecommunications and Virtual
Reality, STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, CMU. The Project investigates the
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 (HMD) and multi-directional
navigation devices., and utilizes WorldToolKit, a virtual world
development program, available from Sense8 Corporation.

Technical demonstrations were conducted for the Expedition 92
Conference, Munich, Germany, and for the World Design Conference, Ford
Motor Company, Dearborn, USA. The Ford application featured a virtual
design studio, test driving track, and showroom,

Other current lectures were conducted at: AI in Media, Japan; EDUCOM,
USA; National Communications Forum, USA; Third International Symposium
on Electronic art, Australia; MultiG Seminar- Virtual Reality, Sweden;
Telematics -92, Norwegian Telecom Research, Norway.

Virtual Realities: Anthology of Industry and Culture, edited by Carl
Eugene Loeffler, will be published by Gijutsu Hyohron Co in Japan early
in the year.

Information:
Carl Eugene Loeffler
Project Director
Telecommunications and Virtual Reality
STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
Carnegie Mellon University
Email: cel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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