Hi all,
This is to announce that the third LVRG meeting in the 1999 series
*REFOCUSING VIRTUAL REALITY* (see details below) is scheduled for
Wednesday 10th November. The topic will be ‘Virtual Reality &
Community’.
As with the other meetings in this series, there will be some short
talks,
demonstrations, and a 'panel led' debate.
As usual we will be mixing this with time for informal chat, drinks,
etc.
Date: Wednesday, 10th 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.]]
Here is the draft schedule for the evening.
We are still awaiting confirmation for a final schedule to be posted
18.30-18.45 arrival, drink in foyer
Talks already confirmed by:
1. Tim Regan,
Head of Shared Spaces, BT Advanced Communications Technology Centre,
Adastral Park, Suffolk.
"Viewer to Inhabitant: Are TV Viewers a Community?"
Tim will talk about his groups work over the past few years which has
sought to create a community of TV viewers employing shared 3D virtual
spaces. His groups is well known for their work on ‘The Mirror’ and
‘Heaven & Hell’, and have just lauched a new set of worlds for the
[dotTV] channel.
2. Avon Huxor (yes, yours truly)
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Electronic Arts, Middlesex University
I will talk about some of my recent research which has reviewed work on
whether community is possible in online environments, and if so, what
features support community.
3. A.N.Other: to be confirmed
There will be the usual break in the middle of the talks for more drinks
and social….
20.40-21.30 Chaired Debate: The debate will involve the speakers and
some special guests and will focus on issues raised during the talks and
q&a.
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*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)
[[ Topics following the fist meeting have not been fixed and we are open
to suggestions, so please mail a committee member if you have an
alternative or additional topic. ]]
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* Dr. Avon Huxor
* Senior Research Fellow
* Centre for Electronic Arts
* Middlesex University
* Cat Hill, Barnet
* Herts
* United Kingdom
* 00 44 (0)181 362 6712
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* Secretary LVRG - London Virtual Reality Group
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