rdees@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Matthion) (03/23/91)
Recently I have requested (on sci.virtual-worlds) information about job
opportunities in the area of Virtual Reality (VR). I have recieved several
responses from people suggesting openings, but even more queries from people
who would like this information for themselves.
In order to they to help these people (and myself) in our search for jobs, I
have expanded the range of this posting by adding several newsgroups, and
reposting to sci.virtual-worlds.
If anyone out there knows of job opportunities in VR (see below) or human
machine interaction, please email the information to me at the address below,
and I will do my best to send the information along as soon as I can get a
reasonable list together.
Thanks very much,
Matt
[For those of you who may not be fully sure what VR is all about, let me assure
you that many people in the field aren't too sure either. In an empirical
sense it is the pinnicle of human computer interaction. Through the use of
sensors attached in various configurations to the person (usually--but not
limited to--gloves, head/eye position sensors, and voice sensors) there actions
are encoded for use in an artificially constructed environment. The computer
generates this environment from internaql programs and the user's input.
Output is usually in the form of a 3-D visual image (constructed with a special
headset) and stereo sound. Force feedback is also sometimes used quite
successfully. VR is quite young, and so the research that is going on may go
under quite a few different names.]
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Matthew D. Turner
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University of Miami
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RDEES@Umiami.IR.miami.EDU
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