Signal Processing Seminar


Title:  Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

Speaker: Alan Craig
University of Illinois-UC

Date:  March 5, 2008
Time:  4:00 - 5:00 pm
Where:  2269 Beckman Institute



Abstract:  Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality have turned the corner from 
being merely interesting laboratory novelties to become valuable tools with 
practical applications in many fields.  In this talk, Alan will provide a 
background in virtual reality and augmented reality systems as well as their 
applications.  He will address a range of technologies from low cost systems 
to elaborate systems such as the CAVE.  He will also perform a live 
demonstration that provides a very early glimpse of projects using low cost 
augmented reality in science education, and humanities education.

Biography:  Alan Craig is a researcher at the National Center for Supercomputing 
Applications, and Associate Director for Human-Computer Interaction at the 
Institute for Computing in Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, UIUC.  He is 
co-author of the book "Understanding Virtual Reality", and the forthcoming book 
"Using Virtual Reality".