For release: Jan. 25, 2000
Contacts:
Carolina Cruz-Neira, VRAC, (515) 294-5685
Robert Mills, Public Affairs, (515) 294-1113
International Immersive Projection Technology Workshop
to be Held at ISU, June
19-20, 2000
AMES, Iowa -- The world's leading researchers, developers and users of virtual reality technology will convene at the 4th International Immersive Projection Technology Workshop. Called IPT 2000, the event will take place June 19-20 at Iowa State University's Howe Hall.
Organized by ISU's Virtual Reality Applications Center and the Fraunhofer Institute Industrial Engineering, Stuttgart, Germany, the conference will showcase new and unique work in projection-based immersive environments for virtual reality applications.
"There aren't too many venues in which experts can get together and share their knowledge and ideas on the unique technology of projection-based virtual reality," said Carolina Cruz-Neira, IPT 2000 co-chair and associate director of VRAC. "The IPT workshop series was created to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of immersive projection technology. At this moment, this is the only event dedicated to this fast-growing area."
The conference is open to engineers, managers, researchers, teachers, students, artists and anyone interested in immersive projection and related technologies. Registration fees are approximately $400 for general participants (student and early registration discounts available). To register, call (515) 294-3092, fax (515) 294-5530, email vrac@iastate.edu, or visit the IPT 2000 Web site at http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/ipt2000/.
Topics to be discussed at the conference include new developments in projection technology, software systems and projection-based immersive environments. Attendees will examine various types of immersive display systems, including "caves," tables and walls as well as "cyberstages," portals and desks. The workshop will also cover applications of these technologies. Engineering design, virtual prototyping, architecture, art, manufacturing simulation, robotics, flight simulation, medicine, scientific visualization and education are just some of many uses for immersive environments and virtual reality.
The workshop will take full advantage of VRAC's advanced virtual reality equipment. C2 is a 12-by-12-by-9 ft. virtual reality room that surrounds users with images on three walls and the floor. C6, which is slated for opening before the conference, is a larger, more advanced environment that will completely immerse participants with images on four walls, the ceiling and floor.
"IPT 2000 will allow contributors to present their work in the form of talks and live demos using the C2, and if available, the new C6," said Cruz-Neira.
The Fraunhofer Institute Industrial Engineering's Virtual Reality Competence Center forms an interdisciplinary team in which engineers, computer scientists, designers and architects cooperate, explore and develop new innovative methods. For more information, visit its Web site at http://vr.iao.fhg.de/.
The Virtual Reality Applications Center is a member of the Institute for Physical Research and Technology, a network of research and technology-transfer centers and industrial-outreach programs at Iowa State University. For more information, visit its Web site at http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/.
Last updated September 6, 2006 rbm