Hi all
The committee (Simon Bore, Avon Huxor, Ruth Conroy, Josh King-Farlow &
Mark Gaved) have been working on a series of talks for The London
Virtual Reality Group for 1999. We have arranged a series of 4 meetings
on the theme 'Refocusing Virtual Reality' (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)
These are only provisional, if you have any suggestions, please mail me.
We have decided to change the format slightly this series. For the next
meeting we will be having 2 short talks (20 mins) and one hands-on
'demonstration' followed by a 'panel led' debate. As usual we will be
mixing this with time for informal chat, drinks etc.
The first meeting will be on Thursday April 8th and the focus will be
'presence'. We have arranged a link with the 2nd International Workshop
on Presence (to be held at the University of Essex, Colchester, April
6th/7th 1999); some of the speakers at the conference will be speaking
at the meeting and sitting on the 'discussion panel'. We hope also to
have a demo of the emerging Japanese consumer Head Mounted Display
industry. The venue, subject to confirming availability, will be the
Virtual Reality Centre for the Built Environment (Torrington Place,
London WC1). I will post details of speakers, panelists, demos and venue
as they are confirmed to the mailing list and the website.
As always the meetings will be open to anyone who is a member of the
group. To become a member, you need to visit the LVRG website at:
http://www.lvrg.org.uk
select 'members' and follow the instructions. When we redesigned the
website we decided to rebuild the membership list from scratch. This
means that all members need to 'rejoin' the group at the website (so far
about 100 out of an estimated 500 have rejoined).
At the next meeting we will also be celebrating our 3rd birthday and
holding annual elections (details to follow soon)! So it should be a fun
packed evening :-)
Simon
Simon Bore
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