Fwd: Re: 9/15: Los Alamos' Next Big Idea Events

[Richard Lowenberg]

Piggy-backing on Steve's announcement about LAVA and friends'
dome presentations in Los Alamos this Saturday, the 15th, I'll add
that there will also be an afternoon (1:00-5:00) program on that day
at the Bradbury Museum, as part of The Next Big Idea and ISEA2012,
on the intersection of the "Arts and Sciences".

A 1:00-2:45 panel discussion and presentation will include Bill Gilbert
of UNM,
showing his "Land Art" works at the Mesa Library, along with Laura
Monroe and
Bob Greene of LANL, moderated by Bradbury Museum Director, Linda Deck,
will be
followed from 3:00-5:00 by a panel and presentations by five artists
participating
in the new SARC (Scientists/Artists Research Collaborations)
initiative.   A number
of LANL researchers and other co-conspirators are expected to also
participate.

If the confluence of the arts and sciences sparks your imagination,
please come
and enjoy a day in Los Alamos, to share in the conversations and action
agendas
for many 'next big ideas'.

I'll soon send another announcement to this list, on SARC panels and
presentations
in Albuquerque, on the 20th, and in Santa Fe, on the 25th, as part of
ISEA2012.

SARC:  http://nmsarc.wordpress.com

Richard


On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Steve Smith <[hidden email]> wrote:

LAVA (Los Alamos Visualization Associates), with the help of several
partners is demonstrating a number of dome-based demos at the Los Alamos
Next Big Idea Festival in downtown Los Alamos this Saturday, September
15 through most of the day.

Rotating Demos of the following content and systems will be presented:

Los Alamos Virtual Experience Tours: 4Pi Productions
     180 degree content captured around the Los Alamos area and key
locations around the world.
Spherical Stereoscopic Rendering:  Micoy Inc
     180 degree stereoscopic ray traced rendering, both canned and
real-time demonstrations.
Immersive Storytelling: IAIA (Institute of American Indian Arts)
     Dome movies and content produced by the staff and students at the
IAIA digital dome in Santa Fe.
DanceDome: URRL (Urban Research Reaction Laboratory)
     2 Immersive Dome movies produced by Matt Wright and Janire Najera
on Dance in Wales, UK.
Particle Systems and Interaction: DarklingX
     An update of last years' demonstrations of "the Elementals" using
Kinect for real time tracking and particle systems for real time
rendering.

The demonstrations will be held in Micoy's 28' inflatable dome driven
by Projection Design's F35 AS3D Projectors with a fisheye lens.  LAVA,
along with various partners are prepared to develop and deliver
hemispherical solutions to Immersive Visualization and multimedia
presentation.

If there is enough interest from LANL folks we may be able to mount a
followon demonstration of some of this work on Monday the 17th, please
let me know ASAP if you are interested!

Please forward/share this announcement as widely as possible... I
apologize for the late notice, I have been traveling in Europe with
limited connection and time!

- Steve Smith


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