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From: harry@harlqn.co.uk (Harry Fearnhamm)
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Subject: Re: Meckler Conference Taking Place NOW, in London!
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Date: 11 Jun 91 08:20:29 GMT
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     From: Stephen Smoliar <ISSSSM%NUSVM.bitnet%lilac.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.
     Subject: Re: Meckler Conference Taking Place NOW, in London!
     Date: Sun, 09 Jun 91 13:40:03 SST

     I am interested in hearing from anyone who attended the London Conference,
     "Virtual Reality 91:  Impacts and Applications."  The announcement listed
     eleven talks which were given and two open forums.  Is this all that there
     was?  Were the talks published in a proceedings volume;  or were they more
     like "pep rally" talks?

I don't know the details of the talks, as I didn't go to the
conference, but I got the Proceedings, according to which there were
two days of talks, five on the first day, six on the second, and an
open forum at the end of each; the first day focused on the
foundations of VR, the second on real world applications.  The very
last talk didn't get into the Proceedings.

Proceedings of the First Annual Conference on Virtual Reality '91:
Impacts and Applications.

ISBN 0 88736 781 X

Published by:

Meckler Ltd.,
247-249 Vauxhall Bridge Road,
London SW1V 1HQ,
England.

Also at:

11 Ferry Lane West,
Westport,
CT 06880,
USA.

The Proceedings cost me 25 pounds.  I don't know whether you can get
them direct from Meckler, but it's worth a try.  In my opinion, they
are rather expensive (proceedings always are!), and don't really say
much that hasn't been discussed at some time or other in s.v-w, but as
a way of crystallising the current state of VR, they are worth it.
They also give overviews of one or two commercial products that are
now available.  Pehaps William Bricken or Brian Karr can comment on
this (assuming HITL got a copy!)

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