From: Carl Loeffler Subject: CONF: Loeffler at various Scandinavian conferences Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 11:55:12 -0500 (EST) STUDIO FOR CREATIVE INQUIRY Carnegie Mellon University Announcing: In addition to welcoming the New Year, Carl Eugene Loeffler, will conduct presentations on the subject of NETWORKED VIRTUAL REALITY at the following: Finland- VIRTUAL REALITY SEMINAR, Hypermedia Laboratory, University of Tampere, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki. Norway- TELEMATIC SEMINAR 92, hosted by the Norwegian Telecom Research Institute, Kjeller/Oslo. Sweden- 5Th MULTI-G WORKSHOP, hosted by the Interaction and Presentation Laboratory, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH),Stockholm. Carl Eugene Loeffler, is Project Director, Telecommunications and Virtual Reality, STUDIO FOR CREATIVE INQUIRY, Carnegie Mellon University. The project investigates the a basis for multiple users located in distant geographical locations, to be conjoined in the same virtual, immersion environment. The project employs telecommunication hardware, as well as the hardware associated with virtual reality: head mounted display and multi-directional navigation devices, and utilizes WorldToolKit, a virtual world development program, available from Sense8 Corporation. The first technical demonstration of the project was conducted last September, by presenting the NETWORKED VIRTUAL ART MUSEUM conjoined between CMU and the EXPEDITION 92 conference, Munich, Germany. While a recent presentation for the Ford Motor Company, Michigan, featured a technical demonstration of networked virtual reality, with specific applications for design processes. Current lectures on the project were conducted at: THIRD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF ELECTRONIC ART (TISEA), Sydney, Australia; AI IN MEDIA CONFERENCE, Nagoya, and the MULTIMEDIA SEMINAR, Hokkaido University, Sapporo; Japan; EDUCOM, and the NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS FORUM, United States. In Feburary Loeffler will present lectures at the College Art Association (CAA), and universities in Michigan and Arizona. He will also conduct activities in Tokyo, Japan. FOR INFORMATION: Carl Eugene Loeffler Project Director Telecommunications and Virtual Reality Studio for Creative Inquiry College of Fine Arts Carnegie Mellon University Tel: (412) 268-3452 FAX: (412) 268-2829 Email: cel@andrew.cmu.edu