An Interview With Judy Brown [1]

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<h3><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">On Aug 8th, Yiyu had an online interview with Judy Brown who co-chaired the 2004 ACM SIGGRAPH VRCAI Conference.<br></font></h3> <h3><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Yiyu: Hi, Judith. In 2004, you were President of ACM SIGGRAPH. What was your vision or SIGGRAPH’s vision on VR that time?<br>  <br>Judy: ACM SIGGRAPH felt that VR had become an important area of computer graphics after the VR tools and technology evolved enough to support computer graphics applications. It was hoped that these VR tools and applications would continue to evolve and to provide for better insight and education.</font></h3> <h3><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>Yiyu: You co-chaired the 2004 ACM SIGGRAPH VRCAI Conference in Singapore. Can you share with us some information about that conference? <br> <br>Judy: Because another AMC SIGGRAPH conference on Computer Graphics, GRAPHITE, was also being held in Singapore at this time, the two conferences were held jointly. This allowed delegates to attend sessions from both conferences, and the combined attendance was 250 delegates from 22 countries.<br>​A thought-provoking keynote talk was delivered each morning by a prominent Computer Graphics researcher. Dr. James Foley, Georgia Institute of Technology, spoke on "Grand Challenges in Computer Graphics," describing the grand challenge as the creation of images that are "good enough," an assessment that depends on the audience and the purpose of the image.<br> <br>​On Day 2, professor Jose Encarnacao spoke on "the Vision of Ambient Intelligence and How to Make it Happen." This was about gaining intelligence from the environment and the importance of location and task awareness. Primary customers for the technology were automotive and medical.<br>  <br>The third keynote was by Dr Jacquelyne Morie, Institute of Creative Technology (ICT) on "Augmented Cognition and Art." She described DARPA-funded projects, early VR art, and the Sensory Environment Evolution (SEE) project at ICT.</font></h3> <h3><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Yiyu: What else you would like to share? <br> <br>Judy: The VRCAI Committee did an excellent job, as did the speakers and panelists. Social events included a welcome reception and conference dinner.<br>  <br>A highlight was the appearance of durian, the spiky fruit of Singapore famed for its sweet taste and its bad smell. Attendees who had heard about durian were pleased to have an opportunity to experience it, but dining room management did not let it stay long. However, it was a good conversation started and opened the opportunity for attendees to talk to each other.</font></h3> <h3><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For more information about the VRCAI 2016 conference, please follow us by extracting the conference QR code above. Or visit us at http://www.vrcai.org<br><br></font></h3>