From: "Kai-Mikael J\d\d-Aro" <kai@nada.kth.se>
Subject: CONF/WORKSHOP: 5th MultiG Workshop, Stockholm, 18 Dec 1992
Originator: hlab@stein.u.washington.edu
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 13:55:19 GMT



5th MultiG Workshop, December 18, 1992
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm
CALL for PARTICIPATION

This is the fifth in a series of semi-annual workshops with the
objective to bring together researchers and industrial practitioners
in order to disseminate and discuss results and activities in the
MultiG research programme.

The focus of this "special edition" workshop is on Virtual Reality
techniques and systems as seen in the perspective of the MultiG
infrastructure. What are the needs, capabilities, problems and
promises of this fledgling technology?

There will be a number of short talks and discussions presented on
these issues at the workshop.  Invited keynote speaker is Carl
Loeffler, Carnegie Mellon University.

MultiG is a research program on distributed multimedia applications
and high speed networks.  The program is a national Swedish effort
conducted in broad cooperation between academia and industry with
public support.

Venue: In and near lecture hall E7 and 359D, Lindstedtsv{gen 17, Stora
G}rden, KTH

Date and time: December 18, from 9 am to 6 pm (+ evening event)

The presentations and demonstrations will be simultaneously
distributed to the Forum Electrum, a demonstration showroom in
Electrum, KISTA.

VERY WELCOME!!

Kai-Mikael J{{-Aro, KTH <kai@nada.kth.se> and Lennart E Fahlen, SICS
<lef@sics.se>.


Registration: On the form below sent by

        email:          joann@nada.kth.se
        paper mail:     IPLab, att: JoAnn Gerdin, NADA, KTH, 100 44
                        Stockholm
        fax:            +46-8-7900930

in parallel with SEK 1000 (academia and students SEK 400) to Swedish
postgiro account no 706834-9, MultiG/Sundblad

The registration fee covers proceedings, coffee and evening event, but
does not include lunch.

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Preliminary Program, Friday, Dec 18, 1992

        9.00    Morning Session

Networked Virtual Art Museum
Carl Loeffler

Collaborative Graph Editing in Three Dimensions
Rolf Staflin

The Architecture of the MultiG Distributed Interactive Virtual
Environment
Christer Carlsson and Olof Hagsand

Telepresence in Conference Applications - Current Research Issues
Robert Forchheimer

Virtual Reality - Possibilities for the Handicapped?  
Torleif S|derlund

A Virtual Environment Human/Robot Interface
Magnus Andersson

Building Sound Into a Virtual Environment
Stephen Pope and Lennart E Fahlen

Mapping Organizations and Interaction Inside the Space 
John Bowers

DIVE Objects as Interface to KBS
Per Kreuger

        12.00   Lunch

        13.00   Afternoon Session

Some VR Applications of the DDM Architecture 
Ashley Saulsbury, Peter Magnusson and Lennart E. Fahlen

Persistent Objects in DIVE
Kai-Mikael J{{-Aro

A Distributed Calender
Bo Malmberg and \rjan Sterner

Aura, Focus and Awareness
Steve Benford and Lennart E. Fahlen

Implementation Issues of Aura Based Tools
Olov St}hl

Audio and Video Communication in Distributed Virtual Environments
Emmanuel Frecon, Christer Carlsson and Hans Eriksson

Description of High Performance Color Helmet Mounted Display
Jan Bogdanski

Advanced Visualization as an Aid to Effective Design and Marketing
Mats Werke

Using SICStus Objects in GUI Design
Thomas Sj|land

The Stockholm Gigabit Network
Gunnar Karlsson

Can Cognitive Science Contribute to The Design of VR Applications?
Kristina H||k

MultiGossip - A Distribution Package
Bj|rn Eiderb{ck and Per H{gglund

        18.00   End of Session

(Program likely to change)

Demos

Distributed Interactive Virtual Environment
Olov St}hl

A High Resolution Miniature Colour CRT
Jan Bogdanski

Networked Virtual Art Museum (video)
Carl Loeffler

HUD - Virtual Windows
Anders Klemets

A Distributed Calender
Bo Malmberg and \rjan Sterner

MultiGossip
Bj|rn    Eiderb{ck, Per H{gglund

        .........
 

Evening event

In the evening there will be a social gathering accompanied by an
electronic music concert and other auditory and non-auditory events.

The time is 19.30 and the location will be Kr|ken in K}rhuset, a short
walk from the workshop venue.

The music is composed and performed by Stephen Pope, Sten-Olof
Hellstr|m, Lennart Fahlen, John Bowers, Jonas S|derberg, Christer
Carlsson, Ulf Bilting, Lars-Gunnar Bodin and others.
 
                CYBER ENJOY!
 
More information from:
 

Kai-Mikael J{{-Aro      email: kai@nada.kth.se  
IPLab                   voice: +46 8 790 91 05          
NADA, KTH               fax: +46 8 790 09 30
S-100 44 Stockholm                      
SWEDEN                  
 

Lennart E Fahlen        email: lef@sics.se
DSLAB                   voice: +46 8 7521539, 7521570
SICS Box 1263           fax: +46 8 7517230 
S-16428 KISTA
SWEDEN

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ABSTRACT

Networked Virtual Art Museum

Carl Eugene Loeffler

The Networked Virtual Art Museum is a project directed by Carl Eugene
Loeffler, Research Fellow, at the Studio for Creative Inquiry, College
of Fine Arts, CMU. The pioneering project investigates telecommunica-
tions and virtual reality, and provides a basis for multiple users
located in distant geographical locations to be conjoined in the same
virtual, immersion environment. The project employs telecommunication
hardware, as well as the hardware associated with virtual reality:
data eyephones and multi-directional navigation devices.

The immersion environment is an art museum, which contains galleries
offering exhibitions. The exhibition presented for the first
demonstration conducted between Munich and Carnegie Mellon University,
was conceived by Director Carl Eugene Loeffler and titled Fun House.

While based on the traditional concept of the fun house, the
exhibition features advanced programming concepts such as agents with
Artificial Intelligence, mirrors offering reflections, and a game room
which explores gravity and other aspects of physics illustrated by
thrown objects.

The Networked Virtual Art Museum utilizes the WorldToolKit, a virtual
world development software, available from Sense8 Corporation. The
Virtual Research head mounted display, and the Ascension Technology
6-D mouse (The Bird), and 486/50 compatible with DVI and MIDI com-
prise the basic system hardware.

Carl Eugene Loeffler, is Project Director, Telecommunications and
Virtual Reality at the Studio for Creative Inquiry, College of Fine
Arts, Carnegie Mellon University. The project investigates the basis
for multiple users located in distant geographical locations to
conjoin in the same virtual, immersion environment. The project
employs telecommunication hardware, as well as the hardware associated
with virtual reality: data eyephones and multi-directional navigation
devices.
 
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LATE CALL for PAPERS
 

This is the fifth in a series of semiannual workshops with the
objective to bring together research- ers and industrial practitioners
in order to disseminate and discuss results and activities in the
MultiG research programme.

The focus of this "special edition" workshop is on Virtual Reality
techniques and systems as seen in the perspective of the MultiG
infrastructure.

What are the needs, capabilities, problems and promises of this
fledgling technology?

Talks should be around 10 to 20 minutes long and preferably invite
discussion.

Submissions are preferred in machine-readable format and will be put
in the MultiG ftp archive after the workshop.

(VHS videotapes can be handled in PAL and NTSC formats.)

Abstracts should be received by the 1st of December.

Preferred format: 

* A4, no page numbering, font is 12 points Times or similar (=CMR).

* The text area should be 150 mm wide and 237 mm high with 20 mm
margin at the top.

* Language should be English.

* LaTeX, SGML, RTF or MIF, PostScript formats are all acceptable.

The manuscript should be delivered on the 18th December at the latest,
printing and distribution of the proceeding will be done after the
workshop.

It is of the utmost importance that we get a description of the
requirements for a suggested demo as soon as possible and not later
than December 1.

Contacts are Kai-Mikael J{{-Aro at KTH and Lennart E Fahlen at SICS.
 
Kai-Mikael J{{-Aro      email: kai@nada.kth.se  
IPLab                   voice: +46 8 790 91 05          
NADA, KTH               fax: +46 8 790 09 30
S-100 44 Stockholm                      
SWEDEN                  
 
Lennart E Fahlen        email: lef@sics.se
DSLAB                   voice: +46 8 7521539, 7521570
SICS Box 1263           fax: +46 8 7517230 
S-16428 KISTA
SWEDEN

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Registration form for the 5th MultiG Workshop, December 18, 1992

(send to IPLab, att: JoAnn Gerdin, NADA, KTH, 100 44 Stockholm)
 

        Participants name:

        Company/Institution:

        Paper mail address:
 

        Phone:          Fax:

        Email:

        Academia/Student?                       ___Yes ___No 

        Will attend evening event/concert?              ___Yes ___No    
 

(Registration form must be received by the organizers by the 7th of Dec)