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From: cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson)
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Subject: Japanese Form VR Consortium
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Date: 20 Sep 90 00:33:29 GMT
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The JAPAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL, September 10, 1990 reports that
MITI is organizing a consortium, "Study Commission for the
Development of Virtual Reality and Tele-Existence."
 
MITI's Agency of Industrial Science and Technology will take
the initiative in doing government-industry-university
coordination for the research projects undertaken.
 
Participants on the Study Commission are:

MITI                    NTT (Nippon Telephone & Telegraph)
Tokyo University        Tokyo Institute of Technology
Toshiba         KDD Research Institute
Sanyo                   Matsushita Electronics
Sharp                   Mitsubishi Electronics
Fuji-Xerox              Nintendo
                        ...and others.

The first meeting of the Study Commission will take place
on October 10, 1990.