[IEEE-bhpjobs] Friday, March 3rd noon-1pm in room D106 LSRC

[Walter Heger]

Duke Computer Science Colloquia

	Visualization Friday Forum
Friday, March 3rd noon-1pm in room D106 LSRC
	Lunch will be served

Speaker:  Michael Nitche, Georgia Tech

Creating a Virtual Storyspace

  The Mindstage project
(http://www.lcc.gatech.edu/~nitsche/MINDStart.html) grew out of earlier
work on the integration of narrative and mediated virtual architecture.
The basic research question was whether a Real-Time 3 Dimensional
Virtual Environment's spatial structure can utilized for educational
purposes. What would be a sufficient architectural design of virtual
space that could reinforce the piece~Rs impact and promote engagement,
exploration and memorability?

A virtual three-dimensional space was created as a performance space
for a given educational content: a traditional linear lecture. The
lecture chosen for the prototype is an introduction into film design
delivered by the award- winning film designer Christopher Hobbs. The
topic of the talk defined the environment and its functionality. This
talk will look into the design issues and the practical implementation
of the prototype of Mindstage as it was delivered in 2004.
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The Visualization seminar series is a forum for faculty, staff and
students from across the university to share their research involving
the development and/or application of visualization methodologies.  Our
goal is to build an interdisciplinary community of visualization
experts
whose combined knowledge can facilitate research and promote
innovation.

The Friday Forum Spring 2006 Schedule is available at
http://vis.duke.edu/FridayForum/06Spring.html

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