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Article #3CONF: Virtual Reality and Disability
From: Harry Murphy (VAXMAILID)
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 17:59
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 17:59
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Advisory Board Meets
for June 17-18, 1993
Conference on
"Virtual Reality and Disability"
(California State University, Northridge (CSUN). December 15, 1992).
On December 11, twenty-five (25) leaders came together from the fields
of virtual reality and rehabilitation and assistive technology to plan
the June 17-18, 1993 meeting, "Virtual Reality and Disability," to be
held at the Westin Hotel near the San Francisco Airport.
Greenleaf Medical Systems, CyberEdge Journal, Pacific Bell, and the
California Department of Rehabilitation agreed to co-sponsor the
conference. Dr. Walter Greenleaf has agreed to Chair the Advisory
Board.
A Call for Papers has been issued. Papers are solicited which deal
with applications in the field of disability, access issues, and the
potential of VR to assist persons with disabilities.
The purpose of the meeting is to bring together three groups: the
Virtual Reality community, the disability community, and the
rehabilitation/assistive technology community in order to stimulate
new applications of VR, insure that persons with disabilities have
access to VR technologies, and the integrate VR into the
rehabilitation/assistive technology field.
For a "Call for Papers" brochure, or other information, please
contact:
Dr. Harry Murphy
California State University, Northridge (CSUN)
18111 Nordhoff Street - DVSS
Northridge, CA 91330
Phone: 818 885 2578
FAX: 818 885 4929
EMAIL: VR@VAX.CSUN.EDU
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