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- From: S.A.Bensalem@sheffield.ac.uk
- Subject: APPS: Looking for VR applications in architecture
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.094211.28583@u.washington.edu>
- Originator: hlab@stein.u.washington.edu
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- Organization: University of Washington
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 00:24:39 GMT
- Approved: cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu
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- Hello!
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- For My First post,
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- I would like to ask help about VR, I am an architect, in Post
- Graduates studies (Dept. of Arch. at Sheffield University, UK), I am
- really interested in VR, actually I would like to define an Immersive
- virtual office as a tool for architectural design, (I can send a more
- details for who is interested). In my department, nobody work on VR,
- and in the university I found two peoples (one in the Dept. of Comp.
- Sciences and the other in the Electrical Engineering Dept.) (Problem
- One). Starting my project I am actually doing a conventionnal
- literature review and I feel more and more interested on VR. I have
- also (in view of my background) choose as a course for my MArch
- advenced computer graphics. I lurn actually programming with MODULA2
- and I will start to define the differents programs needed for my
- project.
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- I Have also tried to built a HMD (problem2) using old video camera
- view fender, (my HMD will cost approx less than ($ 20) but I will
- borrow a lot of equipments from differents dept.) Infortunatelly there
- is nobody from who I can learn something about VR So I am looking
- forward applying to another university for the next year (Problem3) I
- do not know which university have a VR research program which should
- be in the Dept. of Comp. Science and then (Problem 4) I do not know if
- I will be allowed to follow this program as an Architect. I am ready
- to spend one year or more learning about low level programming
- languages wich will allow me to write powerfull programs (better than
- MODULA2 programs) and also to drive the differents tracking devices.
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- I am really interested in the Amplification of Inteligence field of
- Comp. Science. (as defined by I thing is Mr Brook from University of
- North Carolina at Chapel Hill) ) In fact, I think, AI actually is
- more an Amplification of the perception and the next step should be
- AMPLIFICATION OF THE THOUGHT And then I have another absolutely crazy
- idea (but I will not tell you anything about it know because I am to
- embarassed (In fact I will try an experience in the hospital near to
- my University and then I will send you the result).
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- Do the force be virtually with you,
- SA Bensalem
- Good Bye.
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