cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson) (01/27/91)
Please register now if you intend to come to the HIT Lab's Industry
Symposium on Virtual Worlds Technology -- even if you might have to
change your plans later. We're getting lots of phone call and fax
reservations; please don't rely exclusively on the mail. We have
400 seats and when those are gone, they're gone. Thanks a lot for
the level of interest! It's encouraging. (The flyer follows below.)
FIRST INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM ON
VIRTUAL WORLDS TECHNOLOGY
Human Interface Technology Lab
Seattle, Washington
February 21-22, 1991
(Registrations due February 1, 1991)
The Human Interface Technology Laboratory (the
HIT Lab) is hosting the first Industry Symposium
on Virtual Worlds Technology on FEBRUARY 21-22,
1991, in Seattle. Guest speakers include John Gage,
cofounder of Sun Microsystems; Martin Tuori of
Alias Research; John McCredie of Digital Equipment
Corporation; and Boeing executive vice president A.D.
Welliver. Leading the symposium will be "Super-
Cockpit" creator and HIT Lab director, Dr. Tom Furness.
The purpose of the Industry Symposium is to gal-
vanize the virtual worlds industry by bringing together
potential producers and consumers of this new tech-
nology. Over 200 firms with an expressed interest
in virtual worlds technology have been invited to
the Symposium, which will also bring together leading
researchers from around the world. ADMISSION IS BY
INVITATION ONLY, with a nominal $50.00 entry fee.
SPACE IS LIMITED. Anyone wishing to receive an
invitation should contact the HIT Lab IMMEDIATELY,
as registrations are due by FEBRUARY 1, 1991.
Virtual worlds technology, otherwise known
as "virtual reality," uses unique computer software
and display devices to envelop computer users in
apparent three-dimensional sight-and-sound "worlds."
Virtual worlds technology has potential applications
in many fields including design and manufacture,
medicine, education, entertainment, and the creative
arts. The remote linking of worlds via fiber cable is
known as televirtuality, the next form of telephony.
The HIT Lab is a unit of the Washington Techno-
logy Center, a state-chartered technology transfer
organization located on the campus of the University
of Washington, where the Symposium will take place.
For more information, or for an invitation
brochure, please contact:
Robert Jacobson Bill Wiseman
Associate Director Planning Analyst
cyberoid@milton bwiseman@milton.
u.washington.edu u.washington.edu
Human Interface Technology Laboratory
Washington Technology Centers, FU-20
Seattle, WA 98195 USA
(206) 543-5075
(206) 543-5380 (fax)
Or you can respond here, via USENET.
Bob Jacobson
HIT Lab