[SGVLUG] Telexploration von Karman lecture @ PCC on Friday 9/13

[Swantje]

Thanks so much for pointing out this lecture.
I went, too, and found it very interesting.


On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Lan Dang <l.dang at ymail.com> wrote:

> Hi al,
>
> Glad I went to the talk. It was pretty cool. Dr. Norris does a good job of
> laying out the reasons why JPL would pursue this technology and how to get
> to an immersive environment step-by-step. Lot of cool videos and live demos.
>
> Someone got a question in about open sourcing the work that Dr. Norris's
> group is doing, and he seemed very enthusiastic about it. It's more a
> matter of getting institutional support to do it.
>
> The talk will eventually be available online, but I've never paid
> attention to how long it takes. Just check the von Karman lecture website.
>
> You can get a taste of the immersive experience by going to the following
> link using a smartphone or tablet device. It will let you pan around a Mars
> panorama. He recommended an iphone because the sensors are more sensitive.
>
> http://is.gd/marspan
>
> Try it while you can. Looks like it uses Amazon cloud computing so I am
> not sure when they will shut it off.
>
> Lan
>
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>
>   Hi all,
>
> There is an interesting von Karman lecture at PCC on Friday (technically
> today) on using various technologies like those from the video game
> industry to build immersive environments for exploring space. Hey, the
> words "low-cost holodeck" were used. Nuff said.
>
> "Telexploration: How Video Game Technologies can take NASA to the Next
> Level" by Dr. Jeff Norris
> http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/lectures_archive.php?year=2013&month=9
>
> I've been to a couple of talks by this guy. He's always got cool things to
> show off and is a charismatic speaker. I don't think I've heard this talk
> before so I'll try to attend. It's at 7pm at the Vosloh Forum at PCC. It is
> on the east side of campus near Colorado and Bonnie.
>
> Lan
>



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