James Strawson, UCSD: Virtual Reality demonstration from Prof. John Mangan, UCSD: Virtual Reality demonstration from Prof. Helen Situ, NextVR: High end panoramic 3D video viewed with the Samsung Gear VR.
Uses Play Station and Oculus Rift to augment a real rock climbing experience with a fictitious environment.Įric, VideoStitch: Live streaming of panoramic stereo video from a GoPro rig to an Oculus Rift. Sixense’s new, modular wireless controller for entertainment and scientific visualization applications.Ĭhing Lee, UCSD: Perspective Puzzle, uses Oculus Rift and game pad for interaction.ĭavid Nuernberger, UCSD: VR Rock Climbing. ( )ĭEMONSTRATIONS IN ATKINSON HALL'S BLACK BOX THEATHERĪllen Yang, UC Berkeley: Various demonstrations from the Yang laboratory.Īmir Rubin, Sixense: STEM. It garnered the prestigious Freedom of Speech Prize from the American Library Association. His nonfiction book The Transparent Society: Will Technology Make Us Choose Between Privacy and Freedom? explores the dangers of secrecy and loss of privacy in our modern world. Brin serves on advisory panels ranging from astronomy, NASA innovative concepts, nanotech, and SETI to national defense and technological ethics. With degrees from Caltech and the University of California-San Diego, Dr. He has consulted for original shows like Ascension, Seven Days and Century City.Ī patent-holding inventor, he is in-demand to speak about future trends, keynoting for IBM, Google, Procter & Gamble, SAP, Microsoft, Qualcomm, the Mauldin Group, and Casey Research, all the way to think tanks and public agencies. In EARTH and EXISTENCE he explores near future trends that may transform our world.Īs a scientist/futurist, David is seen frequently on television shows such as The ArchiTechs, Universe, and Life After People, with frequent appearances on PBS, BBC and NPR. David’s science-fictional Uplift Saga explores genetic engineering of higher animals, like dolphins, to speak and join our civilization.
A film directed by Kevin Costner was based on David’s novel The Postman, with other works under option. With books translated into 25 languages, he has won multiple Hugo, Nebula, and other awards. And yet, in many ways it will bring back many patterns of our ancestors.ĭavid Brin is a scientist, inventor, and New York Times bestselling author.
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