cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson) (05/03/91)
On Wednesday, May 8th, the Senate Commerce Committee will convene a
hearing on "'virtual reality' and related computer technology." Chairing
the hearing will be Senator Al Gore (D-TN), chairman of the Subcommittee
on Science, Technology, and Space, and author of the legislation to create
a National Research and Education Network (NREN), the successor to the
Internet.
Invited to appear on the panel are Dr. Fred Brooks, University of North
Carolina; Dr. Thomas Furness, Human Interface Technology Laboratory,
Seattle; and Mr. Jaron Lanier, VPL Research, Inc. In its request for
testimony, the Committee asks the witnesses to
summarize the work being done in your laboratory, discuss
how the "virtual reality" technology is evolving, and
discuss the barriers, both technical and otherwise, to
its further development and application. The Committee is
particularly interested in how this technology might be
used in education, research, and other fields to improve
America's competitiveness.
The hearing begins in Senate Room 253 at 9:30 AM. For more information,
contact Mike Nelson, Majority Staff, 202-224-9360; and Louis Whitsett,
Minority Staff, 202-224-8172.
-- frerichs@adsl.uwm.edu (dfRERICHS) (05/03/91)
In article <1991May3.010131.19788@milton.u.washington.edu> cyberoid@milton.u.was hington.edu (Robert Jacobson) writes: > > >On Wednesday, May 8th, the Senate Commerce Committee will convene a >hearing on "'virtual reality' and related computer technology." Chairing [stuff banished from existence] >The hearing begins in Senate Room 253 at 9:30 AM. For more information, >contact Mike Nelson, Majority Staff, 202-224-9360; and Louis Whitsett, >Minority Staff, 202-224-8172. >-- Does anyone know if this will be on C-SPAN? [dfRERICHS University of Illinois, Urbana Designing systems that work... Dept. of Computer Engineering Consumer VR. Networked VR. IEEE/SigGraph _ _ _ frerichs@adsl.ece.uiuc.edu _/_\__/_\__/_\_ frerichs@well.sf.ca.us \_/ \_/ \_/ ]
gav044@csc.albany.edu (VLACHOS GEORGIOS) (05/03/91)
In article <1991May3.010131.19788@milton.u.washington.edu> cyberoid@milton.u.was hington.edu (Robert Jacobson) writes:> > >On Wednesday, May 8th, the Senate Commerce Committee will convene a >hearing on "'virtual reality' and related computer technology." Chairing >the hearing will be Senator Al Gore (D-TN), chairman of the Subcommittee >on Science, Technology, and Space, and author of the legislation to create >a National Research and Education Network (NREN), the successor to the >Internet. > >[Stuff deleted] Since I am not able to attend this hearing, would anybody know if the discussion during this hearing is published, and by whom? Thanx in advance -- George [MODERATOR'S NOTE: Generally, records are kepby the Committee. They should be available from the Clerk of the Senate AFTER the hearing. Do NOT bug the Subcommittee staff prior to the hearing; they're busy folks. -- Bob Jacobson (former legislative staffer)]
cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson) (05/04/91)
Please, if someone has the means to record this hearing, either on video (preferably) or audio, let me know. This is an historic event that should be preserved for the record. Bob Jacobson Moderator 206-543-5075 --
cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Bob Jacobson) (05/07/91)
From: Michael Nelson <mnelson@nsf.gov>
At 9:30 am, Wednesday, May 8, the Subcommittee on Science, Technology,
and Space of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
is holding a hearing on "New Developments in Computer Technology: Virtual
Reality." Senator Gore, chairman of the Science Subcommittee will preside.
The hearing will be in Room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. In
addition, on May 8 and 9, there will be an on-going demonstration of the
VPL Research system in the Hart Senate Office Building.
Witnesses at the hearing:
Panel 1 -- The Potential of Virtual Reality
Jaron Lanier, President, VPL Research, Redwood City, CA
Fred Brooks, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Univ. of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, NC
Thomas Furness, Director, Human Interface Technology Center, Univ. of
Washington
Panel 2 -- The Federal Government's Role
Charles Brownstein, Acting Assistant Director for Computer and Information
Sciences and Engineering, National Science Foundation
Lee Holcomb, NASA
(Not necessarily in order of appearance)
The hearing should run until 12:00 or so.
(Feel free to distribute this message.)matt@Think.COM (Matt Fitzgibbon) (05/08/91)
From: cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Bob Jacobson)
Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
Date: 7 May 91 08:01:56 GMT
[MODERATOR'S NOTE: This is cited from a direct post from the
Senate Commerce Committee...]
Fred Brooks, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Univ. of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, NC
Dr. Brooks is actually the Kenan Professor of Computer Science
(although he may know quite a bit about electrical engineering too;
he seems to know quite a bit about most things!). As far as I know,
there is no electrical engineering department at UNC Chapel Hill
(even though we used to wish there was one).
-Matt Fitzgibbon 245 First Street
Thinking Machines Corporation Cambridge MA 02142
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