Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 10:15:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric J Pierce Subject: BVRG July 2001 Meeting - The Virtual Environments Laboratory at Northeastern University ------------ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY------------ THE BOSTON VIRTUAL REALITY GROUP PRESENTS "Towards Realistic Sounds in a Driving Simulator" David Refsland, B.S.M.E., Brown University Master's Candidate, Computer System Engineering, Northeastern University "Modeling Human-like Driving Behaviors in Autonomous Vehicles" Talal Al-Shihabi, M.C.S.E. Northeastern University Ph.D. Candidate, Northeastern University Thursday, July 26, 2001 7:00 PM SNELL LIBRARY (RM 90) NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS ________________________________________________________________ Join the Boston Virtual Reality Group for two presentations of projects from the Virtual Environments Laboratory at Northeastern University. These projects are part of the Virtual Environments Driving Simulator in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern. Virtual driving environments are modeled and rendered using Java3D. Our goal is construct a low-cost, high-quality driving simulator that can be used to assess driving performance under many conditions. Dr. Ron Mourant is the director of the Virtual Environments Laboratory and has been with the BVRG for many years. The BVRG Meeting on projects going on at the lab has been a yearly event. They've all been great so don't miss this years edition! More information about the Virtual Environments Lab at Northeastern and what's going on there is available at: http://www.coe.neu.edu/~mourant/velab.html. MEETING DETAILS: --------------- When: Thursday, July 26, 2001 at 7:00 PM Location: Rm 90 Snell Library Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts =========================================================================== Directions to Meeting: BY MBTA: From Park Street, take the Green Line E train to the Northeastern University stop (the first stop above ground). The Northeastern campus is on the left side of Huntington Avenue. Follow directions below to Snell Library. (Alternatively, you can take the Orange Line to the Forrest Hills/Ruggles stop. The Northeastern campus is adjacent to the T station.) BY CAR FROM WEST: Take the Massachusetts Turnpike to the Prudential Exit. Drive west on Huntington Avenue. Northeastern is on the left several blocks after you cross under Massachusetts Avenue and just before Forsyth Street. Park on street, then enter the Northeastern campus by the walkway from Huntington Avenue near the middle of the Green Line T stop. Follow directions below to Snell Library. BY CAR FROM SOUTH: Take the Southeast Expressway (I-93) North to the Massachusetts Avenue Exit. This will be on the left side of theJ Expressway. At the lights, turn right onto Mass Ave. Just before Symphony Hall, turn right onto Huntington Avenue (Northeastern is actually to the left, but left turns are prohibited there). At the next light, make a U-turn on Huntington to reverse direction. Northeastern is on the left several blocks after you cross under Massachusetts Avenue and just before Forsyth Street. Park on street, then follow directions below to Snell Library. BY CAR FROM NORTH: Take Routes 1 or 93 to Storrow Drive westbound. Take the Fenway-Kenmore exit (left exit) and stay to the left (Fenway) side of the exit. At the light (across from the Fens), bear left and then, almost immediately, bear right at the next fork (staying along side the Fens). At the second light, go through the gate and immediately turn right onto Hemenway Street. At fork, bear left onto Forsyth. Begin looking for on-street parking. At next light, go left onto Huntington Avenue. Northeastern campus is on the right. After parking, follow directions below to Snell Library. ON-CAMPUS DIRECTIONS TO SNELL LIBRARY: Go down the walkway perpendicular to Huntington Avenue near the middle of the Green Line T stop. Snell Library is the large modern white building across your path where the walkway widens into a plaza. Go in the main doors and down the stairs on the right. Room 90 is to the left at the bottom of the stairs. NOTE ON PARKING: Due to evening classes at Northeastern, on-street parking may be difficult to find so, if you are driving, come early. If you can take the T, it is recommended -- the stops are right next to campus. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The Boston Virtual Reality Group (BVRG) (Virtual Environments, Augmented Reality and Ubiquitous Computing) The BVRG is a non-profit group whose members have a collective interest Virtual Environments, Augmented Reality and Smart Environments/Ubiquitous Computing. The group's purpose is to explore the social implications and technical issues that arise from building such systems. Our mission is to provide a forum for bring together industry experts, academic and commercial researchers, artists, hackers and enthusiasts/potential users. If you have a general interest, a passion for this domain or want to code, paint and build such systems, think BVRG. The BVRG was originally established in 1992 as the Boston Computer Society's Virtual Reality Group. Aside from many speakers over the years, the group has built several fully immersive virtual environments for SIGGRAPH dating back to 1993. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To subscribe to the boston-vr-announce e-mail announcement distribution list, send the following line in the body of an e-mail message to majordomo@world.std.com: subscribe boston-vr-announce To unsubscribe yourself from this list send the following: unsubscribe boston-vr-announce