[sci.virtual-worlds] 3D Sound Conference, Ruhr Universitat Bochum, Germany, 8 April 1991

cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson) (03/21/91)

In conjunction with DAGA '91, the German national acoustical 
engineering conference, the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum announces...

INTERNATIONALES VORKOLLOQUIUM:
AUDITIVE VIRTUELLE UMGEBUNG & TELEPRASENZ

INTERNATIONAL PRE-COLLOQUIUM:
AUDITORY VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT & TELEPRESENCE

8 April 1991
Ruhr-Universitat Bochum
Bochum, Germany (near Dortmund)

Jens Blauert, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum
Chairperson

Thomas A. Furness, HIT Lab, Washington Technology Center, 
Seattle, USA, "Keynote Paper on Virtual Environment"

Henrik Moller, Aalborg Universitet, Aalborg, Denmark
RBinaural Technology -- Fundamentals"

Hans-Wilhelm Gierlich, Head Acoustics GmbH, Aachen,
Germany, "Binaural Technology -- Applications"

David Meares, BBC London, Great Britain
"Multichannel Sound Systems for HDTV"

Hilmar Lehnert & Jens Blauert, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum
"Binaural Room Simulation -- Principles"

Jean-Paul Vjan, CSTB, Grenoble, France
"Binaural Room Simulation -- Practical Application & Use"

Masato Miyoshi & Nobuo Koizumi, NTT, Tokyo, Japan
"Conference Systems for Future Telecommunications Services"
(includes remarks on the Japanese virtual-environment
and tele-existence initiative)

The conference language is English.  Contributions to the 
discussion may also be made in German.

Right after the Colloquium a working dinner (buffet-style) will 
take place at the Beckmannshof (within walking distance of the 
HZO), where ample time will be available for discussions and 
demonstrations.  A limited number of tickets (DM30-) are still 
available.  In case of interest, please contact the secretariat 
ASAP.  After the dinner, a free bus to downtown will be pro-
vided.

For more information, contact:

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Blauert
(Fr. Stephanie Plicht, Secy.)
Lehrstuhl fur allg. Elektroteknik und Akustik
Ruhr-Universitat Bochum
Universitatstrasse 150
Gebaude IC 1/132
D-4630 Bochum 1, GERMANY

Phone:  (49) (0)(234) 700 2496
Fax:       (49) (0)(234) 700 5568

[MODERATOR'S NOTE:  The only email address at Ruhr-U in my 
possession is that of Hilmar Lehnert, Dipl.-Ing. in the Lehrstuhl:

Internet:  lehnert@aea.e-technik.uni-bochum.de
BITNET:    rubaea%rubmez@unido.BITNET

                                                        -- Bob Jacobson]