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From: tpc@espresso.boeing.com (Tom Caudell 206-865-3763)
Subject: virtual reality conference update
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Organization: Boeing Computer Services
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1993 02:17:37 GMT
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= THIS SUMMER, PLAN ON ATTENDING THE FIRST ANNUAL IEEE CONFERENCE  =
=               ON VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY                      =
=                -- ANNOUNCING TUTORIALS --                        =
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 "IEEE VRAIS-93: Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium"
                    18-22 September, 1993
                       Seattle, WA, USA

       I   E   E   E  -  V  R   A   I   S  -  1   9   9   3
                                                         
                    S   E   A   T   T   L   E

Sponsored by the IEEE Neural Networks Council's Virtual Reality
Technology Committee with constituent societies:

IEEE Circuits and Systems Society    IEEE Communications Society
IEEE Computer Society                IEEE Controls Society
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
IEEE Industrial Electronics Society  IEEE Industry Applications Society
IEEE Information Theory Society      IEEE Lasers and EO Society
IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society     IEEE Power Engineering SOciety
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society IEEE Signal Processing Society
IEEE Systems, Man & Cybernetics Society 

in colloboration with: 
SPIE - the International Society for Optical Engineering

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>>>>>>>>>>> Announcing the 1993 VRAIS Tutorial Program <<<<<<<<<<<<
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Organizer(s)                    Title
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Steve Bryson                    Introduction to Virtual Reality Implementation
NASA Ames Research Center

Stephen R.  Ellis               Design and Calibration of Men and Machines in 
NASA Ames Research Center       Virtual Environments

Chris  Esposito                 User Interface Issues for Virtual Systems
Boeing Computer Services

Mark  Green                     Techniques for Geometrical Modeling and Animation University of Alberta         in Virtual Reality

Edward Colgate                  Force Reflecting Interfaces to Teleoperators and
Northwestern University         Virtual Environments
Blake Hannaford 
U. of Washington

Reza  Jalili                    Virtual Reality Architecture for Distributed, 
IBM T.J. Watson Center          Multi-User Environments

Hans Jense                      Applying Virtual Environment Technology for 
Fysisch en Elektronisch         Training and Simulation
Laboratorium TNO

Thomas P.  Piantanida           Basic Phenomena of Vision
SRI International

Henry A. Sowizral               Introduction to Virtual Reality
Boeing Computer Services

Lawrence W.  Stark, M.D.        Virtual Environments, Display 
Univ. of California, Berkeley   Enahncements, and Top-Down Vision
Won S. Kim
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Arden  Strasser                 Head-Mounted Display Engineering
Virtual Reality, Inc.

Elizabeth M.  Wenzel            Psychophysics and Technology 
NASA Ames Research Center       of Virtual Acoustic Displays


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=   #       FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:       #   =
=   #            IEEE VRAIS-93                          #   =
=   #            Meeting Management                     #   =
=   #            5665 Oberlin Drive, Suite 110          #   =
=   #            San Diego, CA 92121                    #   =
=   #            Tel. (619) 453-6222                    #   =
=   #            FAX (619) 535-3880                     #   =
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                 >>> CALL FOR EXHIBITS <<<

A limited amount of space is still available for vendors, companies, 
and publishers to display and demonstrate their latest innovations 
in Virtual Reality technology. Potential exhibitors are encouraged 
to contact the Exhibits Chair for more information:

Dr. Chris Esposito
Boeing Computer Services
(206) 957-5797
chrise@bcsaic.boeing.com

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