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- From: pgm@world.std.com (Paul G Matthews)
- Subject: EVENT: BCS VR Group December Meeting Announcement
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.050936.4721@u.washington.edu>
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- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 18:18:15 GMT
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- BOSTON COMPUTER SOCIETY VIRTUAL REALITY GROUP DECEMBER MEETING
- ANNOUNCEMENT
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- Date: December 9, 1992
- Loc: MIT Building 43 (545 Technology Square) Rm. 438
- Time: 7 p.m.
- Topic: "BBN: VR In Military Simulations"
-
- Paul Metzger of Bolt, Baranek and Newman talks about BBN's 10-year
- involvement with VR, including SIMNET. BBN calls SIMNET "the world's
- largest, fielded application of virtual reality technology in use
- today."
-
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- DIRECTIONS TO MEETING: Go across Longfellow Bridge from Storrow Drive.
- Stay on Broadway, getting into left-turn lane at third traffic light.
- Turn left onto "street with no name posted." Go to light at
- intersection of Main, "NoName Street" and Vassar Streets. Turn right
- onto Main Street. Technology Square is on the right, across from the
- Albany Street intersection.
-
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- BCS VR JANUARY MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
-
- Date: January 13, 1993
- Loc: MIT Building 43 (545 Technology Square) Rm. 438
- Time: 7 p.m.
- Topic: "The Making of 'Tools or Toys' VR"
-
- Eben Gay, Bill Trembley and Dave Greschler talk about the development
- of the VR "ride" in the Boston Computer Museum's "Tools Or Toys"
- exhibit.
-
- Anyone interested in being part of the BCS-VR Group Steering Committee,
- meet at 6 p.m. Shape the future of this group.
-
- =========================================================================
- ATTENTION RESEARCHERS, VENDORS & OTHERS
- We have a growing membership of VR enthusiasts who would like to hear
- from you. Things you can do:
-
- * Put us on your mailing list.
- * Make a presentation at one of our meetings.
- * Send a video
-
- Information received is put into our monthly newsletter. Presentations
- usually need a two-month lead time for publicity. Meeting events are
- described in the newsletter, which goes out to several thousand. Videos
- are shown at each meeting. If you would like the opportunity to make
- contact with VR enthusiasts, contact Paul Matthews. (Contact info in
- tagline.)
-
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- GROUP PHILOSOPHY
- The purpose of the Boston Computer Society Virtual Reality Group is to
- provide an ongoing forum for bringing scientists and developers together
- with VR enthusiasts/potential users who do not normally attend
- VR-industry gatherings. By exploring both the technology and its
- cultural implications, exposing each to the other's thoughts and ideas,
- we can help shape the future of this medium.
-
- =============================================================================
- Paul Matthews The Boston Computer Society
- Director, BCS VR Group Building 1400
- (01) 508 921 6846 (24 hours, voice) One Kendall Square
- pgm@world.std.com Cambridge MA 02139
- (01) 617 252 0600
-