hlr@uunet.UU.NET (Howard Rheingold) (01/01/91)
This is from a press release that I didn't write. But I will be there: Future Fest An Exploration of Consciousness-Expansion, Creativity, and Communication Wetlands Preserve nightclub announces a special event to be held Sunday Jan. 20, 1991 from noon to midnight, meant to offer participants hands-on experience with the perception-expanding technology of tomorrow. An impressive array of mind machines and next wave computer displays will be on hand as part of this experiential program, including the amazing VIRTUAL REALITY, the most advanced system in existence for projecting the user into a totally computer-generated alternate realm. Whole Earth Review editor Howard Rheingold, our host for this futuristic day, will help provide a context in which to explore the fasinating boundaries of consciousness-expansion, creativity, and communication. Hist talks at 3:00pm and 8:00 pm will provide an overview of the realm of "cyberspace", as virtual reality is also called, and an up-to-date explanation of just how the computer can be used to simulate a reality which can be manipulated by the imaginative viewer. Mind-boggling videos, like "Cyberpunk", will provide a fascinating and colorful visual background and will illuminate further aspects of the informational revolution through animation, music and interviews with the likes of Timothy Leary and others. Among the participating interactive computer displays and mind machines: Sense8 WorldToolKit - State-of-the-Art Virtual Reality Display. Mandala Virtual World System, presented by Vincent John Vincent Mind machines: The Synchroenergizer The IM-1 The MindsEye Plus and Courier Also: "Virtual Community" demonstrations with ECHO and the WELL computer conferencing hookups. 3-D holographics sound as developed by the Human Factors Lab at NASA, the Scoremaster interactive computerized music cataloging s ystem, computer art performances, and much more. Contacts: 1) Larry Loch or Russ Weis at Wetlands 161 Hudson St. NYC 10010 (212) 966-4225 / (212) 966-5244 2) John Dwork (co-producer) (413) 584-6317 Press Contact: Ren Grevatt Associates (212) 582-0252
sdl@linus.mitre.org (Steven D. Litvinchouk) (01/03/91)
In article <13628@milton.u.washington.edu> decwrl!well.sf.ca.us!well!hlr@uunet.U U.NET (Howard Rheingold) writes: > Future Fest > An Exploration of Consciousness-Expansion, Creativity, and Communication > > Mind machines: > The Synchroenergizer > The IM-1 > The MindsEye Plus and Courier For those of us who may not be able to make it to Future Fest, could someone enlighten us as to what "mind machines" are? The name "synchronenergizer" sounds like it attempts to resonate brain waves; is this true? -- Steven Litvintchouk MITRE Corporation Burlington Road Bedford, MA 01730 (617)271-7753 ARPA: sdl@mbunix.mitre.org UUCP: ...{att,decvax,genrad,necntc,ll-xn,philabs,utzoo}!linus!sdl "Where does he get those wonderful toys?"