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- From: rlm@hudson.stanford.edu (Robert L. Miller)
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- Subject: EVENT: Lanier to speak at Stanford today
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- Date: 27 Jan 93 16:57:35 GMT
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- [MOD. NOTE: This came in too late for prior posting...like at
- 4 PM today! -- Bob J.]
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- Jaron Lanier will be speaking at Stanford University today.
- The general announcement follows.
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- Robert Miller
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- EE380 Computer Systems Colloquim
- Winter Qtr. 1992/93
- Lecturer Number 4
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- Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1993
- Time: 4:15 - 5:30pm
- Place: Skilling Auditorium, Stanford University
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- Title: Virtual Reality
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- Speaker: Jaron Lanier, Domain Simulations, Inc.
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- Abstract:
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- Virtual Reality represents a design philosophy for computer systems in
- which human physiology and cognition are the guiding principles. By
- designing peripheral devices and interactive software that reproduce
- the sensory-motor feedback loop that the human body is accustomed to
- finding in the physical world, it is possible to simulate the
- experience of alternate worlds. Virtual reality has created a new
- market for computer systems, a new focus for advanced research, and
- evokes fascinating philosophical and social investigations. This
- presentation will discuss the components of a Virtual Reality system
- and the history of the field, and will encourage discussion of the
- aesthetic and epistimological frontiers of VR.
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