Upcoming Conference Deadlines
Graphics Interface, British Columbia, Canada: May 25-27, 2009 (CFP Dec 19, 2008)
Graphics Hardware, New Orleans, LA: August 1-2, 2009 (CFP late winter/early spring 2009)
APGV, sometime late summer 2009 (CFP likely mid-spring 2009)

Virtual Environment Interaction and Simulation Lab
I run the Virtual Environment Interaction and Simulation Lab. The lab consists of a 21ft x 33ft space containing a WorldViz PPTx4 Precision Position Tracker system. The tracker system is primarily used to track the movements of users wearing a NVIS nVisor SX Head Mounted Display (HMD) system, and is also used to track up to 3 additional markers, such as the user’s hands. Intersense InertiaCubes are used to independently track orientation of the user’s head and hands. This equipment allows us to provide an interactive, immersive experience in which people are able to walk around using their own locomotive abilities in a simulated 3D space. The lab is used for research, as well as teaching classes on human-computer interaction (HCI) in virtual environments. Both undergraduates and graduate students work in the lab on a regular basis.

UROP (UMN Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program)
I am interested in involving talented undergraduates with my research efforts. If you are interested, please contact me by email or stop by my office.

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pete willemsen, assistant professor
department of computer science, univ of minnesota duluth
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