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Attendees will be pmvided with extensive bibliographies,
information on vendors, and their products, and valuable
references to the people and institutions that are pertinent to
the field. Price: $250
2. LOW COST VR FOR THE HOBBYIST
Room 304, 10:00am - 1:00 pm
Dr. Robert Suding
SAI
This talk will show the hobbyist how to build a VR system
for under $1,000, with which s/he can purchase or build VR games,
simulations and business application software for the system at
low cost. The presentation will concentrate on the most basic
elements, the low cost head mounted display, and the head mounted
display with a standard 486 clone system. Price: $250
3. VR FORCE AND TOUCH FEEDBACK AND APPLICATIONS
Room 303, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Dr. Grigore C. Burdea
Rutgers University
Force and Touch Feedback are "the missing link" in VR
interactions. Today you can see but you can't touch!
This tutorial is structured as follows:
1. Definitions
2. Hardware
GROPE-2 Project (Univ. of North Carolina)
MIT Force Feedback Joystick
AT&T Force Feedback Joystick
Rutgers Portable Master (Rutgers University)
Iwata Master (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
Wrist Feedback Master (MEL, Japan)
JPL Master (NASA)
Teletact Glove (ARRL, UK)
GLAD Glove (Italy)
CRIIF Glove (University of Paris)
Touch arrays (Xtensory Inc).
3. Software - reviewed in depth
4. Human Factors - reviewed in depth
5. Applications
Endoscopic and laparoscopic surgery (SRI system)
Hand Rehab in VR (Rutgers University)
Teleconferencing
Military applications (Virtual mine defusing)
Space applications (NASA)
Entertainment, etc
Price: $250
4. DEVELOPING VIRTUAL REALITY FOR PUBLIC VENUES - ARCADES, MALLS, THEME PARKS AND MUSEUMS.
Room 305, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Dean Friedman
Dean Friedman Productions
Price $250
5. VIRTUAL REALITY & EXPERIENTIAL ADVERTISING PROGRAMS FOR END- USERS
Room 306, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
David Polinchock
CyberEvent Group
Bring your marketing message to life through "experiential
advertising" programs; utilizing VR technology in the event
market, including the development of custom worlds, increasing
traffic flow into trade booths, developing promotional tours to
reach target market.
Price $250
6. INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH AND VOICE TECHNOLOGIES
Room to be announced, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Instructor to be announced
This session provides a basic understanding of the key
elements of speech and voice technologies, plus information on
the latest products and applications in automatic speech
recognition.
Price $250
7. THE COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS OF TELEROBOTS
Room to be announced, 10:00am - 1:00pm
William Townsend
Barrett Technologies
Telerobotics replace human dextrous functionality in either
of two cases: -Where the environment is hazardous to the human
-Where the human is hazardous to the environment.
In this tutorial, we will review examples in each of these
two classes. Examples of the first case include: nuclear decommissioning/remediation, lifting/manipulating heavy objects,
radiation therapy, bombsquad assistante, police/security
assistance, space exploration/manufacturing exploitation, and
underwater exploration/construction/agriculture/mining/cable
laying. Examples of the second case include: clean room
fabrication, phan-naceutical production, bioengineering.
Price $250
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EXHIBITORS:
* Artificial Reality Corporation
* Ascension Technology
* BioControl Systems
* Boston Computer Society
* Cal Poly Multimedia
* Cine-Med
* CyberEvent Group
* Digital Image Design
* Dean Friedman Productions
* LEEP Systems Inc.
* Lernout & Hauspie
* Liquid Image Corporation
* n - Vision
* Ixion
* Greenleaf Medical Systems
* Dimension International
* Auto Desk
* Immersion Human Interface, Inc.
* Clarity
* Bolt Beranek & Newman
* The Vivid Group
* Assurance Technologies, Inc
* Michigan State University Communications Technology Lab
* W.W. Gaertner Research Division
* NYC ACM / SIGGRAPH
* Sophistech
* Trans - Phonics Inc.
* Virtual Images
* Lightscape Graphics Software
* Straylight
* Virtual Reality Inc.
* CGSD
* SAI
* Simulation Technology
* High Techsplanations
* Barrett Technology
* International Interactive Communications Society
* VREAM, Inc.
* Polhemus
* Coryphaeus Software, Inc.
* 3D TV Corp.
* Van Nostrand Reinhold
* Telerobotics International, Inc.
* Vrontier World of Stoughton
* Dragon Systems
* Simsalabim Systems Inc.
* Corporate Communications Group
* Spectre Interactive Systems Inc
* Viewpoint
* Virtual Universe Corp.
The above list is subject to change.
For more information and registration, please contact:
SIG-Advanced Applications, Inc.
1562 First Avenue - Suite 286 - New York, New York 10028
Phone: (212) 717 - 1318 Fax: (212) 861 - 0588/89

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