Jung in motion, virtually, and other computer fuzz; acknowledging the limits, but seeing the potential, of electronic 'immersion.' (developing virtual reality) (On Location With Brenda Laurel)
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Interval Research Corp research artist and self-described 'recovering structuralist' Brenda Laurel hikes through Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, while working to bring the park's natural wonders and archetypal suggestions into the realm of virtual reality. The 42-year-old Ohio State University drama Ph.D. and author of 'The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design' and 'Computers as Theater' is a leading figure in this emerging field, which she prefers to call telepresence or augmented reality. Her experience developing computer games for Atari has convinced her that realistic audio, not video clarity, is the key to concocting a satisfyingly complete immersion experience. Laurel's Banff project, which will be stored in a computer at the Banff Center for the Arts for future public display, takes participants into a cave where the the litter found in real caves is replaced with mythopoetic petroglyphs that come alive and subsume the celebrant's identity into their own.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1993
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Head of chip consortium issues warning
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Robert N. Noyce, the top official at Sematech, warns that government intervention is necessary in order for the US semiconductor industry to thrive. Deterioration of the semiconductor industry's suppliers is keeping the industry from making technological advances that would allow it to compete in the international market. Noyce testified before a joint meeting of two subcommittees of the House of Representatives. Sematech itself receives good marks in separate reports released by the General Accounting Office and the Congressional Research Service. Among other things, the Congressional Research Service recommends consideration of restricting imports of semiconductor production equipment and limiting the takeover of suppliers by foreign investors.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1989
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R.&D. Under the Microscope
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A report by management consultants Booz Allen Hamilton, says that there is no relation between research spending and corporate success.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2005
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