From: mike@highlite.gotham.COM (Mike Wiik) Subject: TECH: Virtuality Details from Mondo 2K Date: Tue, 12 May 92 0:24:50 EDT Something which might be of interest: The latest ish of Mondo 2K gives some details on the Virtuality VR game system, which I'll quote w/out permission: "The core of the system is the EXPALITY(TM) (Experience Provider for Virtual Reality) computer, which uses a specially modified Amiga 3000 motherboard (sporting a 25MHz 68030 processor plus 68882 math copro- cessor) to drive two parallel-pipeline TI 34020 graphics processors turbocharged with two 40Mflop TI 34082 RISC math coprocessors, which create up to 30,000 independently shaded polygons a second at 30 frames per second on your visor's dual liquid-crystal color screens. Translation: realistic and real fast. "Polhemus 3D sensors (one in your helmet and another in your 3D joystick or glove indicate which direction you're looking and firing in and direct the quadraphonic digital sound tracking system. A 550MB CD-ROM and 100MB Hard disk store the game's visuals, music, voice, sound effects, and virtual-world database. Up to 12 [Twelve] of these $65,000 Virtuality stations can be connected together, linked by an Ethernet network. A 110-degree wide-angle visor is also in the works. "The first game available is a shoot-em-up called Dactyl Nightmare (hint: for a great ride, let the pterodactyl pick you up). Scheduled for March installation is Dactly II, a "Capture The Flag" game in which combatants get to maul each other with crossbows, shields, and axes and conspire with teammates via a realtime digital voice synthesis system that changes your voice to simulate the character you've selected...Also coming in March: CYBERQUEST, a [D&D]-type role-playing game in a medieval setting with a nice sci-fi touch: you buy private plug-in keys that keep track of where you are in the game, the character you've chosen...and how many playing credits you have left. "Other games available (but not yet planned for installations) are HERO (hang gliding) and four sitdown games: BATTLESPHERE (3D space battle), EXOREX (exoskeltal armored combat vehicle), VTOL (mission in Harrier vertical takeoff jet plane), and TOTAL DESTRUCTION (stock car race). Future games will include texture mapping (for realistic landscapes, etc) and later, a combination of video and animation. .. "You can experience ... Virtuality.. at: The Quarters, Kirkland, WA; Timeout, Springfield, VA; Forest Fair Mall, Cincinnati, OH; Adventure, Crestwood, MO; SmithHaven Mall, Long Island, NY; and U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. (Call 1-800-ILLUSION for updates)." Above quoted w/out permission. So I'll just add it's a neat game which we should feed our money to so they'll multiply and get neato new s/ware. -Mike >From ipian15.ipian.msk.su!next@relcom.kiae.su Sat May 9 19:24:39 1992 Received: from techno.fuug.fi by milton.u.washington.edu (5.65/UW-NDC Revision: 2.22 ) id AA25233; Sat, 9 May 92 19:24:34 -0700 Received: from relcom.kiae.su by techno.fuug.fi with UUCP id AA10672 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu); Sun, 10 May 1992 01:36:32 +0300 Received: by relcom.kiae.su; Thu, 7 May 92 09:51:48 +0300 Received: by ipian15.ipian.msk.su (UUPC/@ Release 2.00); Wed, 06 May 1992 15:41:35 MSD To: cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu Message-Id: Organization: IPIAN From: next@ipian15.ipian.msk.su (Novoseltsev Sergey K.) Date: Wed, 6 May 92 15:41:27 +0300 (MSD) Subject: GraphiCon'92 Conference - Moscow Status: R Dear Dr. Jacobson! We are sending to you this invitation to Second GraphiCon Conference. Maybe, this information will be interesting (although it's somewhat belated) is of interest for sci.virtual_world subscribers. The Organisation Commitee invites you to make a lecture on VR systems. If you are interested in this offer, please contact Dr. Yuri Bayakowsky, email: yumbay@keldysh.msk.su I think, it is a wonderful opportunity for you to visit Russia. If the date of the conference is inconvinient for you, maybe you could recommend somebody else who would tell about VR systems? May be Dr. Krueger or Dr. Rheingold? One more workshop - "Human-Computer Interaction" - will take place in St.Petersburg in August 4-7,1992. It'll be held by ACM SIGCHI, Human Factor Society and International Centre of Scintific and Technical Information (Moskow). The organizers also going to cover the subjects of VR and invite specialists to make lectures. email: An official shedule and invitation will be sent to you via email as soon as possible. With regards, Sergey Novoseltsev. ------------------------------------------------------------- GraphiCon'92 September 28 - October 2, 1992 Moscow, USSR CALL FOR PARTICIPATION GraphiCon'92 is the Second Annual international conference on Computer Graphics in Science and Arts. The conference will be held in Moscow, USSR, September 28 to October 2, 1992 by the local Moscow SIGGRAPH and GRAFO Soviet Computer Graphics Society in cooperation with ACM SIGGRAPH and Eurographics. The first conference, GraphiCon'91, was held in Moscow in February, 1992, and attracted over 3,000 scientists, engineers, managers, artists and designers from more than 100 cities and towns, and 13 republics, in the USSR. As well as tutorials and papers, the SIGGRAPH Traveling Art Show and Electronic Theater and also a computer graphics technology exhibition were included in the conference program. GraphiCon'91 was given high appreciation in both Soviet and foreign mass media and significantly promoted the interest towards computer graphics in the USSR. The primary emphasis of GraphiCon'92 is Communications: East-West cooperation and information exchange. Moscow SIGGRAPH/ GRAFO tends to continue to develop and expand the channels of communication initiated at GraphiCon'91, in order to promote greater understanding of the problems and opportunities involved in such an exchange. The general plan of the conference will resemble that of the SIGGRAPH annual conferences held in the United States, at slightly reduced scale. It includes: - courses - invited papers - submitted papers - computer theater - exhibits - art show - panels and workshops The major themes of GraphiCon'92 running through the whole conference, will be - computer graphics in architecture, TV, movies, and arts - visualization of knowledge - computer graphics hardware and software - multimedia and hypermedia SUBMITTED PAPERS GraphiCon'92 will feature 30 presentations of submitted papers, 20 minutes each. Submitted papers should relate to one of the following topics - 2 - - multimedia technologies - virtual reality - scientific visualization - animation - computer graphics algorithms - graphical user interface - modern trends in graphics technology - computer graphics in education, architecture, TV, movies, and arts - image compession, indexing and storage Speakers will be given complimentary registration. Social programs in Moscow and St.Peterburg are planned for all foreign speakers. Everyone is invited to submit papers to the Technical Program of the conference. Papers should be submitted in either English or Russian and will be published in their original language in the Proceedings to be available at the conference. Submitted papers may contain reports of new work, as well as reviews of emerging trends and integrating theories. To submit a paper, send its text, of no more than 5, 000 words, together with a cover sheet containing name, affiliation, position, address, fax, telephone and electronic mail address of the person to be contacted, to arrive at the conference program committee no later than March 1, 1991. The submissions should be addressed to the conference secretariat. Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by 15 April 1992. The final versions of accepted papers should be received no later than June 1, 1992, on a floppy disc in ASCII or Word. All additional information will be available at the conference secretariat. COURSES The first two days of the conference will be devoted to courses. Courses will be presented by leading international experts and will provide a unique opportunity for professional growth in all areas of modern computer graphics. Courses will cover the foundations of - multimedia: practice and applications - virtual reality - scientific visualization systems - image standards - graphical presentation of information - constraint-based geometric modelling - graphical user interface We welcome proposals for any additional course topics. If you wish to deliver a course lecture at GraphiCon'92 please contact the conference secretariat with your proposals. Course lecturers are provided with free participation in all conference events. - 3 - WORKSHOPS An international workshop on education in computer science and computer graphics will be held within the framework of GraphiCon'92. Any proposals concerning the topics of other workshops and panels should be addressed to the conference secretariat. EXHIBITS Computer graphics technology exhibition will be the most fascinating event of GraphiCon'92. Expansion of the leading international suppliers to the endless Soviet market is inevitable, and this conference will provide an excellent contact between high-skilled professional community and advanced technology users, on one hand, and local and international products manufacturers, on the other. GraphiCon'92 is the right place to exhibit. It's where all roads meet in the Soviet computer graphics! To exhibit at GraphiCon'92, send your request describing your planned exhibits, to the conference secretariat. COMPUTER THEATER In addition to the excellent SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater programs of previous years, GraphiCon'92 will feature the first ever show of computeraided film and video pieces produced here, in the Soviet Union. ART SHOW The penetration of computer graphics into the areas of artistic creation will be demonstrated at the computer art and design show. All computer-aided art and design pieces, of all styles and fashions, can be displayed at the show - pictures, sculptures, posters, slides, video-audio -compositions, 3-D architectural environments, etc. To take part in "Computer Graphics in Arts" show, send your request fully describing your exhibits including its slide or photograph, and the credit information about the author, to the conference secretariat by April 1, 1992. FURTHER INFORMATION The advance program of GraphiCon'92 will not be distributed as widely as this call for participation. If you want to ensure your receipt of the program please return this form to the GraphiCon'92 conference secretariat. - 4 - ----- | | I want to receive the advance program ----- ---- I want to receive detailed information | | on participating in the technology ---- exhibition ---- I want to receive detailed information | | on participating in the show ---- "Computer Graphics in Arts" ---- I want to receive detailed information | | on participating in the Computer ---- Theater film and video show Name: Title: Profession: Institution: Address: Country: Fax: E-mail: With any questions, please contact the GraphiCon'92 conference secretariat at the below address: 4 Miusskaya sq. Moscow, 125047, USSR Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, GraphiCon'92 Conference Secretariat Phone: (+7 095) 972-3642, 972-0687 Fax: (+7 095) 972-0737, 972-0687 E-mail: g92@keldysh.msk.su >From ta10+@andrew.cmu.edu Fri May 8 06:38:03 1992 Received: from PO5.ANDREW.CMU.EDU by milton.u.washington.edu (5.65/UW-NDC Revision: 2.22 ) id AA03699; Fri, 8 May 92 06:38:01 -0700 Received: by po5.andrew.cmu.edu (5.54/3.15) id for cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu; Fri, 8 May 92 09:37:57 EDT Received: via switchmail; Fri, 8 May 1992 09:37:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pcs13.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Fri, 8 May 1992 09:37:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pcs13.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Fri, 8 May 1992 09:37:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mms.0.1.873.MacMail.0.9.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.pcs13.andrew.cmu.edu.pmax.ul4 via MS.5.6.pcs13.andrew.cmu.edu.pmax_ul4; Fri, 8 May 1992 09:37:28 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: Date: Fri, 8 May 1992 09:37:28 -0400 (EDT) From: "Timothy J. Anderson" To: cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson) Subject: WHO Tim Anderson Cc: "Timothy J. Anderson" Status: R 1. Tim Anderson 2. ta10@andrew.cmu.edu Voice: 412.268.2451 Fax: 412.268.6944 Fine Arts Services Coordinator University Libraries Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 3. arts librarian 4. My specialty as an arts librarian is art-and-technology, so I try to track the literature on arts uses of VR 5. I am trying to develop bibliographies to support and document arts applications of VR 6. I work closely with Carl Loeffler and his Networked VR Museum; beyond that I have corresponded briefly but usefully with publishers and other sci.v-worlders about VR publications 7. This group is enormously helpful to me. It is the best moderated group I know.