Hi folks -- a erminder from the HitLab people about this afternoon's Open House:
The Human Interface Technology Laboratory New Zealand (HIT Lab NZ), a leading-edge human-computer interface research centre based at the University of Canterbury, is holding an 'open house' on Wednesday August 27th from 4-7pm. Anyone is welcome to attend, to tour the lab, to view some ofthe latest projectsandtechnologies of both the HIT Lab NZ and associated organisations, andto meet the HIT Lab team which is led by Dr Mark Billinghurst, who is renowned worldwide as one of the leaders in his field. The HIT Lab NZ is a multi-disciplinary lab that works in collaboration with industry andacademia to develop revolutionary interfaces to transform the way people think and work with computers. Maps to the University of Canterbury and the HIT Lab NZ. (in the Old Maths Building) are available at http://www.hitlabnz.org/index.php?page=ab-map If you have any queries feel free to contactthem via email anna- [EMAIL PROTECTED] by phone 03 364 2349, or check out www.hitlabnz.org The following is a sample of some of the demos on display: The BlackMagic Book Shared Space The MagicBook The Wedge VHS Video Station Grab-It! AR Urban Design Smart-Its MagiPlanet Solar System AR Puppet Virtual Retinal Display + Wearable PC cAR\PE AR Character VR Shuttle Sim seeUMove AR Tablet NOTE: The Virtual Retinal Display superimposes high-contrast, high- resolution monochrome images on the user�s view of the surrounding environment by means of a revolutionary scanning laser (very low power of course!). It will be heading back to the US in November, so this may be your last chance to check it out. See http://www.mvis.com/nomad/index.html We hope to see you there! ------- End of forwarded message ------- ========================================== Canterbury Software Inc. -- success through connections networking, events, workshops, forums for the IT industry http://canterburysoftware.org.nz ========================================== --> via Canterbury Software email forum: Success through Connections Email your messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Leave or rejoin the list: http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/forum.htm
