From: spiegel@karron.med.nyu.edu (Jacqueline Spiegel) Subject: CONF: Fall VR Systems/Teleop Conference 93, New York City, Oct 1993 Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1993 13:25:27 -0400 SIG-Advanced Applications Inc., publishers of Virtual Reality Systems Magazine, cordially invite you to submit a 50 word abstract on your topic of choice for possible presentation of a speech at the FALL VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEMS CONFERENCE '93 & / || TELEOPERATION TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE '93 The conferences will be held in New York City, October 18 - 21 1993 at the Macklowe Hotel and Convention Center. Projected attendance : 3500 attendees, 53 exhibitors, and over 150 speakers. SPEAKERS RECEIVE COMPLIMENTARY: -Registration and Admission to all sessions at that conference -Admission to exhibition area -Conference proceedings if they submit a paper -Admission to Keynote Luncheon TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT, PLEASE... * send the title of your topic * 50 words on your topic of interest * your proper name & affiliation * address, phone number, fax number, e-mail address fax to : (212) 861 - 0588 or (212) 861 - 0589 or e-mail to: stuart@nynexst.com QUESTIONS Please call Jacqueline Spiegel or Stan Goldstein at SIG - Advanced Applications Inc. 212-717 - 1318 BACKGROUND: Winter Virtual Reality Systems Conference and Exhibition '93, March 15-17, 1993 at New York City's Grand Hyatt Hotel, attracted 100 speakers, 30 exhibitors, and 1500 attendees in the worst northeast blizzard in 15 years. It was a second annual event. ________________________________________________________________ The following Tracks are some of the topics we will be covering. FALL VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEMS '93 Chairperson: Rory Stuart, MTS, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, NYNEX Science and Technology, Inc. partial list of tracks : APPLICATIONS VR Application Development Systems Software Tools for VR Medicine and VR, Part I and II VR for Entertainment VR and Architecture CAD Aids for the Disabled Art and Music Telecommunications Civilian Aerospace VR in the Military, Part I and II Scientific Visualization Simulation and VR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS Force Feedback / Tactile Feedback 3D Audio Gesture Recognition Stereoscopic Visual Displays (HMD's) Motion Tracking Gloves and Suits Alternative Input Devices Speech I/O in VR Systems Human Factors Centers for R&D (Universities, Military, Industry, Consortia) VR in Japan and Europe The Shape of Things to Come Research Issues : Human Perception and VR Networked / Multi - User Systems World Building Software, Modeling Tools and Image Generation VR and the Audio Channel : Virtual Acoustic Displays BUSINESS AND THE MARKETPLACE Market Overview International Marketplace Market Projections Government Policies in VR VR Grants and Collaborations PANELS Virtual World Developers and End Users Virtual Reality and the Press : Journalist Panel Cybersickness ____________________________________________________ TELEOPERATION TECHNOLOGY '93 Chairperson : Hari Das, Robotic Systems and Advanced Computer Technology Section, Jet Propulsion Laboratory partial list of tracks : Analysis of Teleoperation Systems Dynamics * Communications Time Delay * Control Stability Issues Electronic and Control Systems Architectures and Implementations for Teleoperation Novel Mechanical Designs for Teleoperation * Anthropomorphic Manipulators * Hand Controllers * Master - Slave Systems Sensors for Teleoperation * Visual * Tactile * Kinesthetic * Force / Torque Sensors Information Presentation and Channel Substitution Computer Aids for Teleoperation * Visualization * Prediction Aids Operator Training Studies in Teleoperation Operator Performance Modeling and Experimental Results in Teleoperation Applications of Teleoperation Technology Descriptions of Teleoperation Systems _______________________________________________ Some speakers who have submitted abstracts already include : William Lorensen General Electric Company Corporate Research and Development Consolve, Inc. Mark Long The David Sarnoff Research Labs Russel Taylor IBM. T.J. Watson Research Labs R. Bowen Loftin NASA - JSC Frederic Abramson Association for Medical Emergency Informatics Dr. Richard Satava ARPA Dennis Hancock Lockheed Palo Alto Research Labs Jim Jenkins NASA-HQ John O'Keefe IV. US Army Natick Research Joseph Psotka US Army Research Institute Beth Marcus Exos Arden Strasser Virtual Reality Inc. Theresa Middleton SRI International Jacquelyn Ford Morie Visual Systems Laboratory W. Bradford Paley Digital Image Design Ian Capon Virtual 'S' Ltd, U.K. Peter van Lieshout TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory, Netherlands Paul S. Cutt Xtensory Arie Kaufman SUNY Stony Brook Keith Fredericks Cray Research, Inc. Mark A. DeLoura University of North Carolina Gregore Burdea Rutgers University Steven Feiner Columbia University Ken Perlin New York University H.K. Ramaprivian NASA - GODDARD Michael T. Moulton The Franklin Institute Science Museum Bernie Roehl University of Waterloo, CANADA Myron Krueger Artificial Reality Corp. Mark Schlager SRI International TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT, PLEASE... * send the title of your topic * 50 words on your topic of interest * your proper name & affiliation * address, phone number, fax number, e-mail fax to : (212) 861 - 0588 or (212) 861 - 0589 or e-mail to: stuart@nynexst.com QUESTIONS please call Jacqueline Spiegel or Stan Goldstein at SIG - Advanced Applications Inc. 212-717-1318