From: "Howard I. Cohen" To: Subject: Fwd: BVRG June 2001 Meeting - Mark Spitzer of MicroOptical Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 11:10 AM To: BCS_CAD-sig >From: Eric J Pierce >Subject: BVRG June 2001 Meeting - Mark Spitzer of MicroOptical > >------------ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY------------ > > THE BOSTON VIRTUAL REALITY GROUP > > PRESENTS > > Eyewear Devices for Limited Field of View Augmented Reality > > WITH > > Mark Spitzer > CEO of MicroOptical, Inc. > > Wednesday, June 20, 2001 > > 7:00 PM > > > SNELL LIBRARY (RM 90) > NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY > BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS >________________________________________________________________ > > >Join the Boston Virtual Reality Group and Mark Spitzer for a presentation >on MicroOptical's augmented reality technology and beyond. > >For the last five years, MicroOptical has been developing eyewear devices >that bring data and images to the eye through eyeglass optics. By >maintaining a reasonably modest image size, the weight and size of the >system to be reduced to eyeglass scale. By "limited field of view >augmented reality," we mean the addition of information to one's visual >field in a horizontal field of between 10 and 20 degrees. While this >range is far from the field of view normally associated with virtual >reality, there are many important applications where a large degree of >awareness of the environment is important. This presentation will review >the devices and technology developed by MicroOptical and speculate on >future applications. > >Mark Spitzer is the CEO of MicroOptical. He was formerly Principal >Scientist at Kopin Corporation where he worked on advanced flat panel >displays and other semiconductor devices. Dr. Spitzer earned his Ph.D. in >physics at Brown University in 1981. > > >MEETING DETAILS: >--------------- > >When: Wednesday, June 20, 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 purpose of the Boston Virtual Reality Group is to provide an ongoing >venue for developing virtual environments as well as a forum for bringing >VR developers together with enthusiasts and potential users. Through >actively exploring both the technology and its implications, and "learning >from" and "sharing with" others, we can help shape the future of this >medium. > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > >To subscribe to the boston-vr-announce e-mail announcement distribution >list, send the following line in the body of your message to >majordomo@world.std.com: > >subscribe boston-vr-announce > >To unsubscribe yourself from this list send the following line: > >unsubscribe boston-vr-announce