VVECC - Perceptual Interfaces for human media interaction in virtual environments - 20 January 1999

Speakers' materials

Dr Matthias Unbescheiden, Fraunhofer IGD, Darmstadt
"Evaluation of Innovative VR Technology: Experiments and Applications with CAVEs"
Movie extracts / abstract

Professor David Hogg, School of Computer Studies, University of Leeds
"Vision-based Perceptual Interfaces"
slides (requires PowerPoint 95 viewer) / abstract

Dr Nick Holliman, Sharp Laboratories of Europe, Oxford
"Observer Head Tracking for Auto-stereoscopic 3D Displays"
information about the work on 3D displays at Sharp Laboratories of Europe / abstract

Mark Wells, Televirtual, Norwich
"Using a Virtual Human as a Communication Tool for the Deaf"
summary of presentation / abstract and picture of Virtual Signer

Dr Andrew Hardwick, BT Labs, Ipswich
"Rough Computing & the Tardis: Haptic Access to Computers for Blind People and Others"
slides with additional explanatory material / abstract

Dr John Wann, Department of Psychology, University of Reading
"Visual & Haptic Interfaces for VR: hovering around the fringes of natural human perception"
abstract

Short presentations

The day ended with a round-up session of short presentations and discussion.

Gordon Watson, Edinburgh Virtual Environment Centre, University of Edinburgh
described VENUS, the Virtual Environments National User Service

Bob Essert, Arup Acoustics described and demonstrated his work on simulating acoustics.