From: Carl Loeffler Subject: EVENT: CMU VR Lab director schedule of presentations, Feb 1993 Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1993 13:56:11 -0500 (EST) STUDIO FOR CREATIVE INQUIRY Carnegie Mellon University Announcing: During the month of February, Carl Eugene Loeffler, Project Director, Telecommunications and Virtual Reality, CMU, will conduct presentations on the subject of NETWORKED VIRTUAL REALITY at the following: Computer Science Laboratory, SONY Corporation, Tokyo. College Art Association, Seattle. Simulated Presence: Critical Response to Electronic Imaging, Arizona State University, Tempe. Carl Eugene Loeffler is Project Director, Telecommunications and Virtual Reality, STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, CMU. The Project investigates the 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 (HMD) and multi-directional navigation devices., and utilizes WorldToolKit, a virtual world development program, available from Sense8 Corporation. Technical demonstrations were conducted for the Expedition 92 Conference, Munich, Germany, and for the World Design Conference, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, USA. The Ford application featured a virtual design studio, test driving track, and showroom, Other current lectures were conducted at: AI in Media, Japan; EDUCOM, USA; National Communications Forum, USA; Third International Symposium on Electronic art, Australia; MultiG Seminar- Virtual Reality, Sweden; Telematics -92, Norwegian Telecom Research, Norway. Virtual Realities: Anthology of Industry and Culture, edited by Carl Eugene Loeffler, will be published by Gijutsu Hyohron Co in Japan early in the year. Information: Carl Eugene Loeffler Project Director Telecommunications and Virtual Reality STUDIO for Creative Inquiry Carnegie Mellon University Email: cel@andrew.cmu.edu