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[5] Sutherland, Ivan 1965. The Ultimate Display.7.0 Points of ContactThe principal points of contact for this proposal are given below. HITLabUS Thomas A. Furness III, Ph.D. Professor & Director Human Interface Technology Laboratory University of Washington Box 352142 Seattle, WA 98195 Voice: (206) 685-8626 Fax: (206) 543-5380 Email: tfurness@hitl.washington.edu Web: www.hitl.washington.edu National University of Singapore Adrian David Cheok, Ph.D. Associate Professor Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering Mixed Reality Laboratory National University of Singapore Singapore 117576 Voice: +65 9389 1911 Fax: +65 6341 0518 Email: adriancheok@nus.edu.sg Web: www.mixedreality.nus.edu.sg Appendix A: HIT Lab Background A.1 HIT Lab Origins: Prof. Tom FurnessThe original Human Interface Technology Laboratory (hereafter designated the HITLabUS) was founded by Professor Tom Furness in Sept 1989 at the University of Washington. At that time Prof. Furness had completed 23 years of working for the US Department of Defence where he had become a pioneer in virtual interface technology and virtual reality. He received the BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Duke University and the Ph.D. in Engineering and Applied Science from the University of Southampton, England. Dr. Furness is currently Professor of Industrial Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering and Technical Communications at the University of Washington, and is the Founding Director of the Human Interface Technology Laboratory at the Washington Technology Center. Prior to joining the faculty at the University, he served a combined 23 years as an officer and civilian at the Armstrong Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, where he developed advanced cockpits and virtual interfaces for the Department of Defence. He is the author of the Super Cockpit program and served as the Chief of Visual Display Systems and Super Cockpit Director until he joined the University of Washington in 1989. Dr. Furness has lectured widely, teaches courses in virtual reality and interface design and supervises graduate students. He was the founding co-editor with Thomas Sheridan of the MIT Press Journal Presence and is the co-editor with Professor Woodrow Barfield of a book published by Oxford University Press titled: Virtual Environments and Advanced Interface Design. He is the inventor of the virtual retinal display and other display and interface technologies and is a winner of the 1998 Discover Award for Technological Innovation. Prof Furness has recently completed the first major franchise of HitLabUS with the establishment of HitLabNZ .(A more complete CV for Prof. Furness is contained in Appendix C1.) A.2 HIT Lab US overview The first Human Interface Technology Laboratory (here after referred to as HIT Lab US) was established in 1989 by Professor Thomas Furness III. The Lab occupies about 10,000 sq. ft. of space in Fluke Hall (see Figure 1) on the Campus of the University of Washington. Fluke Hall is the home of the Washington Technology Center, a State of Washington agency dedicated to encouraging economic growth of the State via development and transition of technology resulting from University research. The Washington Technology Center provided the seed funding to help establish HIT Lab US.  Figure A.2.1: Fluke Hall-home of the HIT Lab US The mission of the HIT Lab US is to develop interfaces between people and machines that unlock the power of human intelligence and link minds. Lab projects encompass medicine, education, design and entertainment applications with an emphasis on the design and development of virtual and augmented reality interfaces. Since its inception the HIT Lab US has grown into a multidisciplinary research environment of about 100 people including undergraduate and graduate students, faculty associates, professional staff and visiting scholars. Students and faculty come from the College of Engineering (Industrial Eng., Electrical Eng., Computer Science & Eng., Bioengineering, Civil and Environmental Eng., Aerospace & Aeronautical Eng. And Technical Communications), College of Education, College of Architecture & Urban Planning, College of Arts & Sciences (Psychology, Geography, Art, Drama, Music, Physics), UW Medical Center (Urology, Dermatology, Radiology, Rehabilitation Medicine, Ophthalmology, General Surgery, Biostructures, Otolaryngology, Psychiatry) and the Harborview Medical Center. The Lab is now supported in part by the Virtual Worlds Consortium, a group of 48 companies or organizations that provide funding and direction to the Lab. These companies include Boeing, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Eastman Kodak, Chevron, Nike, Intel, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Ford Motor Company plus many others. Members of the Consortium meet semi-annually at the HIT Lab US site in a workshop format and review progress on projects and determine future directions. Other support is provided by the Washington Technology Center, National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Circon, Microvision, and Seattle Art Museum. Table A.2.1 gives a current list of the Virtual Worlds Consortium members associated with the HITLabUS. A thrust of the HIT Lab US is to develop and transition technology to industry. In addition to licensing technology to established companies, the HIT Lab US has spun off or helped to start 23 companies over the past 13 years. Most of these companies are still in operation and two are public companies traded on NASDAQ (i.e. Microvision Inc. and F5 Networks Inc.) The technology developed at the HIT Lab has been astounding. One of their flagship inventions has been the virtual retinal display (VRD), where the normal TV screen has been replaced with a photo beam that scans an image directly on the retina of the eye (see Figure 2). This technology has also been shown to help people with low vision problems to see more clearly. The VRD is currently under commercial development by Microvision Inc.  Figure 2: Prof. Furness viewing optical breadboard of the virtual retinal display Another recent development is the MagicBook that allows people to read normal text through a special viewfinder along with viewing ‘pop-up’ worlds that can be entered…like crawling into the book (see Figure 3). In the past they have also developed an ultimate endoscope and surgery simulators. Table A.2.1: Virtual Worlds Consortium Members (HITLabUS) Advanced Telecommunications Research (ATR) Alias | wavefront American Express Co. Armstrong Aeromedical Research Laboratory (AAMRL) Battelle The Broken Hill Proprietary Company (BHP) Boeing Chevron Petroleum Technology Company Change Tools Eastman Kodak Company Fluke Ford Motor Co. Franz Fujitsu
Hewlett Packard Hughes
Industrial Technology Research Institute Intel Corporation Institute for Information Industry Kopin Corporation Lockheed-Martin Marconi Aerospace Systems Inc. Microsoft Microvision Inc. Motion Research Museum of Flight NBBJ NEC Corporation Nike Omron Corporation Pentax Philips
Reachin Technologies Rockwell Science Center, Inc. Samsung SensAble Technologies Sense8 | EAI Sharp Corporation Stratos Sun Microsystems Tektronix Telecom Italia Texas Instruments U.S. Navy U.S. West Communications VisionGate Virtual Vision Additionally the Lab conducts research on pain alleviation and treating phobias and has developed exhibits for the Seattle Art Museum and Museum of Flight and is currently working on an interactive exhibit for a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Central America. Other research is exploring how to teach complex subjects to K-12 students using virtual reality.  Figure A.2.3: Demonstration of the MagicBook The HIT Lab US research has been featured in the international TV media including recent programs on Scientific American Frontiers, NOVA, Horizon and Tomorrow’s World. The Lab received two prestigious Discover award for Technology Innovation for the development of the Virtual Retinal Display, and again for the MagicBook technology and was recently awarded the Satava Award for their work in bringing new virtual interface technology to medicine. The keys to the HIT Lab’s success have been the great students and faculty who work there. The UW provides an enormous talent base to draw from in working on problems that are pervasive in our society. The Lab members have a strong sense social responsibility-so they develop technology, not for technology’s sake, but to help make the world a better place. Ultimately, the greatest products of the Lab are the students. The HIT Lab provides an exhilarating environment for project-based learning that spans many disciplines, and as a result the graduates of the Lab typically are in great demand by industry and academia. A.3 HIT Lab NZ The Human Interface Technology Laboratory New Zealand (HIT Lab NZ) was established in April 2002 as a joint venture between the University of Washington (UW), the University of Canterbury (UC) and the Canterbury Development Corporation (CDC); a regional economic development agency. The Lab was franchised from HIT Lab US and is set up to act as an economic development engine to create spin-off companies, jobs, attract foreign research investment, transition technology to local industry, create patents, train highly skilled graduates and build a bridge between academia and industry. The Director of HIT Lab NZ is Associate Professor Mark Billinghurst. Professor Billinghurst completed his PhD at HIT Lab US during which he developed the MagicBook technology, which won him a Discover Magazine Award. He is supported by four other staff members at the Lab working in research, technology support and marketing roles and over 20 researchers from other departments at the University of Canterbury. HIT Lab NZ is housed in the centre of the University of Canterbury campus in Christchurch. It works with a number of departments at the University to provide an entrepreneurial project based learning environment for students. The Lab now has 11 postgraduate and undergraduate students working in the Lab from Computer Science, Psychology, fine arts and Mechanical Engineering. The HITLabNZ has also organized a Virtual Worlds Consortium using the model of the HITLabUS Consortium. Listed in Table A.3.1 are the current NZ consortium members. The NZ and US are given reciprocal membership in each others consortia. Table A.3.1: Virtual Worlds Consortium Members (HITLabNZ) Allied Telesyn ARANZ - Applied Research Associates NZ Ltd Effusion Hewlett Packard Intranel (Keyghost) Jade Software Corporation Ltd Mobile Surgical Services Pulse Data International Right Hemisphere Sport Guidance Trimble Navigation NZ Ltd Virtual Spectator Appendix B: Pacific Edge Technologies Pacific Edge Technologies(PET) is a new enterprise development company with Larry Podmore and Chris Pickrill as principals and Prof Tom Furness and Assoc. Prof. Mark Billinghurst as Principal Technology advisors. PET is working in the Asia Pacific region developing and implementing transformational science and technology projects. Its key focus are large scale Public and Private partnerships that transcend country borders. As well as managing the Hitlab brand and franchise establishment, PET is developing a digital trade route between New Zealand and Seattle. After a distinguished career in Media both in the public and private sector, over the past five years Larry Podmore has become New Zealand’s leading science and technology economic development practioner . His experience in the development of HITlabNZ provides an excellent base to transfer that experience in nurturing the development of HITLabSG and HITlab Asia Pacific. Appendix C: Curriculum Vitae of Principal Individuals C.1 Thomas A. Furness III THOMAS A. FURNESS III Professor and Director
EDUCATION Ph.D. in Engineering and Applied Science, University of Southampton, England, 1981. Dissertation: “The Effects of Whole Body Vibration on the Perception of the Helmet-Mounted Display”. Graduate Studies in Electrical Engineering, Ohio State University, 1967 - 1970. B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Duke University, 1966. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2003 – Present International Director (HIT Lab New Zealand) Adjunct Professor, University of Canterbury, Christchurch NZ 1989 - Present Professor, Industrial Engineering Adjunct Professor, Electrical Engineering (1993-present) Adjunct Professor, Technical Communications (1996-present) University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
College of Engineering 1971 - 1989 Chief, Visual Display Systems Branch, Director, Super Cockpit Program (1986-89) Supervisory Electronics Engineer Human Engineering Division, Armstrong Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 1966 - 1971 USAF Officer, Electronics Engineer assigned to the Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio FUNDED RESEARCH
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Golden Key National Honor Society, Honorary Member. 1993 Eta Kappa NU, EE Honor Society, Honorary Member, 1993 Senior Editor, Presence, Teleoperations and Virtual Environments Editorial Board, Virtual Reality Journal
Human Factors Society Association of Computation Machinery-Special Interest Group on Graphics Society for Information Display Membership on Panels, Boards, Committees: Founder and Chairman, Virtual World Society Board of Directors, Virtual Vision, Woodinville, WA (1992 to 1995) Board of Directors, Oz International Ltd., Seattle, WA (1992 to 1995) Board of Directors, Insight Inc., Woodinville, WA (1988 to 1995) Board of Directors, F5 Network Systems (1997) Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, Microvision Inc. (1993-1995) Board of Directors, ARToolworks, Inc. (1992-) Board of Directors, Virtual Spectator Ltd. (1993-) Directory: pub pub -> Project Scoring Template Pre-Construction Phase New Core/Branch Campus Projects pub -> Acm word Template for sig site pub -> The german unification, 1815-1870 pub -> Baltic Olympiads in Informatics: Challenges for Training Together pub -> Preparation of Papers for ieee transactions on medical imaging pub -> Forthcoming meetings and conferences pub -> Asilomar Conference on Circuits, Systems & Computers, Pacific Grove, ca, November 1978, pp. 55 58 pub -> Forthcoming meetings and conferences pub -> Harmonised compatibility and sharing conditions for video pmse in the 7 9 ghz frequency band, taking into account radar use Download 0.5 Mb. Share with your friends:
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