schur@isi.edu (Sean Schur) (05/18/91)
I am forwarding the following posting to this newsgroup as it may be of interest here, especially to those in the L.A. area. I first downloaded it from an in-house BBoard. >CPSR/LA meeting > > Wednesday, May 22, 7:30 pm > Powell Library 200F, UCLA > > > VIRTUAL REALITY: Where it is and where it is headed > >A videotaped panel discussion featuring: > >David Zeltzer, MIT Media Laboratory >Nicole Stenger, MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies >William Bricken, Human Interface Technology Laboratory, University of >Washington >Gary Marx, MIT Sociology Department (moderator) > >The panel was a part of CPSR's 1990 symposium on Directions and Implications of >Advanced Computing in Cambridge, Massachusetts. > >First, the panelists give an overview of present work in the field and their >visions of its future. During the open discussion that follows, the panelists >not only present virtual reality as a technological imperative, but they >dismiss any negative social implications, or indeed, any personal social >responsibility for their work at all. This sparks heated debate with the >audience, including Steve Berlin, Deborah Johnson, Richard Stallman, Joseph >Weizenbaum, Lucy Suchman, and others. > >-- > Michael Stiber > stiber@cs.ucla.edu > ...{ucbvax,ihpn4}!ucla-cs!stiber >UCLA Computer Science Dept., 3436 Boelter Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90024 ======================================================================= Sean Schur USENET: schur@isi.edu Assistant Director Amiga/Media Lab Compuserve: 70731,1102 Character Animation Department Plink: OSS259 California Institute of the Arts =======================================================================