Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!dali.cs.montana.edu!milton!chapin@sunrise.Stanford.EDU From: chapin@sunrise.Stanford.EDU (Bill Chapin) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: Virtual Worlds at Stanford Center for Design Research Message-ID: <10716@milton.u.washington.edu> Date: 6 Nov 90 08:39:20 GMT Sender: hlab@milton.u.washington.edu Lines: 121 Approved: hitl@hardy.u.washington.edu [I got this a little late but it's an interesting indication of what's going on at Stanford's Center for Design Research. I have a longer message that requires some editing, which lays out the general agenda for Stanford's budding virtual worlds organization. -- Bob Jacobson, Moderator] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Forum Reminder <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ME 297 -- Design Theory and Methodology Forum on Virtual Space Next forum (Wed., Nov. 7th, 2:15, Terman 583): Larry Leifer Center for Design Research, Stanford A discussion: "Virtual Space Applications in Design" PLAN: This week we invite several of our speakers to participate in a panel discussion with the entire group concerning current and future trends in virtual space research, development, and applications in design. Prof. Leifer will briefly address the group about CDR's and Stanford's place in virtual space research and development. Each panelist will then offer views or questions for discussion, as Prof. Leifer moderates. Paul Teicholz, director of Stanford's Center for Intergrated Facility Engineering, will represent CIFE's strong initiative into computational tools as a guest panelist. If you plan to attend, please come with the intention to actively participate. Those with passive personalities are certainly welcome as most discussions touching on virtual reality tend to be entertaining as well as provocative. Also, Dr. Joe Rosen will show some clips of the Media-Lab video that eluded him last week. BIO: Prof. Leifer holds a B.S.M.E., M.S. Product Design, and PhD in Biomedical Engineering all from Stanford. He has been affiliated with NASA Ames Research Center, the MIT Man-Vehicle Lab, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. A Stanford faculty member since 1976, Prof. Leifer teaches the automation and machine design course series, directs the industrial design affiliates program, and manages the Joint Design Research Seminar. He developed the ME Design Division's smart product design lab and curriculum and is the founding director of the Center for Design Research. CDR endeavors to develop basic design theory and methodology through the application of knowledge based engineering technology. Projects include an electronic design notebook for design knowledge capture, telerobot development for medical, industrial, and space applications, product and process injection mold design software development, and conceptual design analysis software tool development. In 1989, he cofounded Tolfa Inter- national to promote personal independence for disabled persons through assistive technology. "Asphalt" DT&M Forum Schedule: November 14* Bill Kolomyjec, Pixar PhotoRealistic Renderman 7:30pm, Terman Auditorium 21 No meeting: Thanksgiving 28* Chip Morningstar & Randy Farmer, AMIX Lessons learned from Lucasfilm's Habitat 7:30pm, Terman Auditorium December 5 Jim Kramer, Will Kessler & Larry Edwards, CDR Virtual space research projects at Stanford 2:15pm, Terman 583 13 Randal Walser & Chris Allis, Autodesk Cyberia The new second generation Autodesk Cyberspace 7:30pm, Skilling Auditorium * On the 14th and 28th of November there will be optional demon- strations of Pixar's scene description and photo(sur)realistic rendering software and a 3D modeling seminar for creating objects for virtual space applications, respectively, at the regularly scheduled afternoon time and place. All members of the Stanford community, industry affiliates and researchers in design and virtual space applications are invited. sponsored by: the VIRTUAL SPACE INTEREST GROUP of STANFORD E-mail: vsig-request@sunrise.stanford.edu for more information. +++++++++++++++++++++++++ VSIG NEWS +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Please note: there will be optional sessions to meet at the regular place and time on the days of evening presentations for 3D model design seminars including Pixar's Renderman scene description. There was much interest, thanks for the response. Unfortunately the seminars will be backwards. First on the 14th, you will see how to describe and render a scene once the geometry is defined. Then on the 28th, we will examine the process of 3D geometry creation, object heirarchy, and 3D kinematics. The reverse order is due to taking advantage of Pixar's presence on campus. The evening presentations are all fairly well planned. They meet in larger auditoriums, so bring your friends. The first special forum on November 14th highlights Pixar and will feature four award winning SIGGraph computer animations. The 90 minute special will be filled with fun visuals and the history of photo-surrealism. The second special meeting will take us on a visit, with hundreds from around the world, to a virtual world created by Lucasfilm. The final forum of the year will present the second generation Autodesk Cyberspace, with active demos for door prize winners. We still need a couple virtual world explorers, willing to interact with Japanese cybernauts in Fijitsu's Habitat on November 28th. Volunteers should reply to vsig-request@sunrise.stanford.edu.