Hi all

A quick note to announce that the third LVRG meeting in the 1999 series
*REFOCUSING VIRTUAL REALITY* (see details below) is scheduled for the
second Tuesday in November. The topic will be Virtual Reality and
'community'.
As with the previous meetings in this series (on VR and 'Presence', VR
and 'The Body'), there will
be some short talks, demonstrations of related projects in the lobby,
and a
'panel led' debate. As usual we will be mixing this with time for
informal
chat, drinks, etc.

Date: Tuesday, 9th November 1999
Time: 18.30-21.30
Venue: The Virtual Reality Centre for the Built Environment
Address: 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1 (just off Tottenham Court
Road
for a detailed map see: http://uk.multimap.com/)
Sponsor: VR News (http://www.vrnews.com)

[[ Please remember to sign up as a member of the group on the website
(http://www.lvrg.org.uk). We will only be able to admit members to the
meeting, and as we can cater for a maximum of 80 people, we will have to
let people in on a 'first come - first served' basis. Full details of
how to join
the LVRG mailing list are given on the website.]]

Regards,

Simon

*REFOCUSING VIRTUAL REALITY* - a series of talks for The London Virtual
Reality Group (1999-2000)

We have arranged a series of 4 meetings on the theme (the series has
been
sponsored by VR NEWS). As we approach the next century (and
millennium :-), it seems an appropriate point to assess the state of VR
and
to look forward to the next 100 years (the next millennium might be too
ambitious...but if you have a vision, there will be plenty of time for
discussion!).

The four topics for the series are:

** presence (a look at us the latest research and theories concerning
the
sense of presence in a  virtual environment and a debate
on future research and applications)

** the body (what does it mean to be embodied in a virtual reality,
where
will this have most impact in the next century) 

** community (is there are developing consensus of how a community will
form in shared virtual space, how will the communities of the next
century evolve)

** narrative (how have the complex issues of interactive narrative been
addressed and what developments will we see in the future)





Simon Bore
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