From: cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson)
Subject: Virtual Reality 92, New York City, Feb 4-5, 1992
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1992 18:48:54 GMT
Organization: Human Interface Technology Lab, Univ. of Wash., Seattle



Virtual Reality 92 is a conference being held in conjunction with the
Speech Tech/Voice Systems Worldwide 92 Conference in New York City,
on February 4-5, 1992.  Location is the Sheraton Hotel & Towers.

Among those reported by the sponsors to be
attending and presenting are:

Rory Stuart, NYNEX (Conference Coordinator)
Sandra Kay Helsel, Virtual Reality Review
Michael A. Haas, Armstrong Laboratory, USAF
George Zachary, VPL Research
Richard Satava, MD, Colonel, Silas B. Hays Army Hospital
Chris Gentile, Abrams-Gentile Entertainment, Inc.
Myron Krueger, Artificial Reality Corporation
Tom Piantanida, SRI International
Suzanne Weghorst, HIT Lab
Dave Russo, Naval Ocean Systems Center
Richard Dunn-Roberts, U of Central Florida
Hugh Applewhite, Piltdown Technology
James King, Kaiser Aerospace & Electronics, Inc.
Jakub Segen, AT&T Bell Labs
Allen Becker, Reflection Technology, Inc.
Margaret Minsky, MIT Media Lab
David Geshwind, Latent Image Development Corp.
William Buxton, U of Toronto
Beth Wensel, NASA Ames Research Center
Scott Foster, Crystal River Engineering
Bo Gehring, Gehring Technology
Rikki Razdan, ISCAN, Inc.
Michael McCauley
Larry Hettinger, Logicon
John Thomas, NYNEX Science & Tech, Inc.
Wendy Kellogg, IBM Watson Research Center

This conference was put together by Rory Stuart on a moment's notice,
so it's a little ragged around the edges.  Reports are that the Speech
Tech organizers saw the appeal of what was initially just an add-on to
the Speech Tech conference and then decided to capitalize on the
"hottest thing going."  You pays your quarter and takes what you get.

The entrance fee is a not inconsequential $595.00, or $1,390 in
conjunction with the Speech Tech conference (which overlaps one day).
Not a penny goes to the speakers, I'm told.

For more information, contact:

	Media Dimensions, Inc.
	42 E. 23rd Street
	New York, NY 10010
	(212) 533-7841, -7483 phone
	(212) 475-1209 fax

Yet another conference in an apparently unending stream of same.
Obviously, those in the R&D trade should consider getting into PR,
where all the money is being made.

Bob Jacobson
Moderator


[MODERATOR'S NOTE:  Commercial postings are offered on sci.virtual-worlds
as a public service.  Their appearance here does not necessarily indicate
endorsement by the moderators or by the USENET or its administrators. --
Bob Jacobson]