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From: ishihara@etl.go.jp (Satoshi Ishihara)
Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
Subject: Re: Japanese Symposium on Artificial Reality.
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Date: 7 Feb 91 13:09:20 GMT
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On 01/20/91 10:43:24, cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson) wrote
in <14764@milton.u.washington.edu> :

 |INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ARTIFICIAL REALITY
 |AND TELE-EXISTENCE
 | 
 |July 9-10, 1991
 |Ryutu Center, Tokyo
 | 
 |Organized by Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. (NIKKEI)
 |and Japan Technology Transfer Association (JTTAS)

 |[Moderator's Note:  This is a very ambitious meeting.  The themes
 |outlined go far beyond what we in the West describe as virtual worlds
 |or virtual reality.  It has been reported to me that JTTAS is a MITI
 |affiliate; together with the appearance on the organizing committee
 |roster of several MITI researchers, one might suppose that this is
 |THE official Japanese conference on virtual worlds technology.  Your
 |comments -- especially those of our Japanese colleagues, to give this
 |some context -- are welcome.  -- Bob Jacobson]

Well, it is true that JTTAS has some relationship to MITI.  It is 
also true that the institutes of some committee members belong to 
AIST of MITI.  However, I don't think it is not the official Japanese 
conference.  I heard they are planning to ask the permission of MITI
and AIST to use their name as supporter(s).  

Anyway, I agree this is a very exciting field.

Satoshi Ishihara
Electrotechnical Laboratory(ETL), AIST, MITI, Japan