Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 23:32:53 -0500 (EST) From: Colin Godfrey Subject: SIGGRAPH/Boston at GTE Labs, Wed Feb 2: InterSense SIGGRAPH/Boston Meeting Announcement InterSense's IS-900 for Tracked Virtual Environments Dean Wormell, InterSense Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2000 at GTE Labs (auditorium), Waltham, MA InterSense designed the IS-900 product family with the purpose of providing an accurate and simple Six Degree of Freedom (6-DOF) tracker over large areas for use in virtual environments. It is used for tracking head and hands in virtual environments like CAVEs (Computer Augmented Virtual Environments) and virtual 3D stereo workbenches and virtual sets. CAVEs and virtual workbenches help engineers and scientists visualize complex data and designs in an interactive fashion. For the virtual set, the IS-900 tracks cameras, CG elements and talent all referenced in an absolute sense to a physical set or studio. An IS-900 Technology demonstration will also be presented. ------------------------------------------------------------ Special Note of Thanks to GTE Laboratories We would like to thank GTE Laboratories for hosting SIGGRAPH/Boston meetings for the last eight years. GTE Laboratories generously provided us the use of a very nice facilty. Due to the departure from the Labs of our host for these meetings we will not be meeting at the Labs in the future. We will welcome suggestions for suitable meeting places for the coming months. ------------------------------------------------------------ Biographical Sketch of Dean Wormell Dean joined InterSense Inc. in 1998 as Product Manger for InterSense's Precision product line. This product line includes motion tracking systems based on patented, inertial sensor technology sold under the trade names IS-300, IS-600 and IS-900. In addition to managing the current InterSense product line, Dean plays a key role in defining new products and their applications for customers in entertainment, simulation, training and visualization markets. In previous work at Adaptive Optics Associates, Dean developed optical motion capture systems and provided motion capture technical direction for several television, game, commercial and film productions. Dean holds a Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Physics from Miami University. When Wednesday, February 2, 2000. Networking time at 6:30 PM, announcements and feature presentation at 7:00 PM. Where Auditorium GTE Laboratories, 40 Sylvan Rd., Waltham, MA Directions to GTE Labs From Route 128 (interstate 95), get off at exit 27B, Winter Street, in Waltham. ->From I-95 (128) South the exit leads you right onto Winter Street. ->From I-95 (128) North, turn right at the light at the end of the exit, onto Wyman Street, turn right again at the next opportunity, onto Winter Street, and cross over I-95. Go West on Winter Street through 3 closely spaced traffic lights, staying in the right lane. The Cambridge Reservoir appears on your right and the entrance to GTE Laboratories (40 Sylvan Road) is on the left. About halfway past the buildings, turn right under a pedestrian bridge joining two buildings. The entrance is in the building on your right from the central courtyard. Park in the central lot, follow the signs pointing to Lobby 2 and the Auditorium and sign in at Lobby 2 (in the northeast-most building). ************************************************************************ SIGGRAPH/Boston Contacts WWW: http://www.siggraph.org/chapters/boston SIGGRAPH/Boston maintains a mailing list for e-mail announcements of meetings. Send e-mail to siggraphdistrib-request@cs.umb.edu if you want be added or dropped from this list.