[4eyes] FW: [MAT-announce] REMINDER [ Ross/Leonard | MAT - Seminar Series - October 30, 2017 . 1PM - Elings Hall, 1601 ]

[Pradeep Sen]

Hi Matthew,

Let me know if they also plan to meet with faculty.  Would love to meet
with them.

Best,

-Pradeep

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Pradeep Sen
Associate Professor
UCSB MIRAGE Lab
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9560

On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 12:16 PM, Matthew Turk <mturk at ucsb.edu> wrote:

> A reminder of Monday’s MAT talk, which was mentioned in the lab meeting.
> It looks like I won’t know until then if they plan to visit the lab or not
> – so we **might** come by with them sometime in the afternoon.
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>                 Matthew
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> *From:* mat-announce-bounces at lists.mat.ucsb.edu [mailto:
> mat-announce-bounces at lists.mat.ucsb.edu] *On Behalf Of *MAT Seminars
> *Sent:* Saturday, October 28, 2017 12:04 PM
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> *Subject:* [MAT-announce] REMINDER [ Ross/Leonard | MAT - Seminar Series
> - October 30, 2017 . 1PM - Elings Hall, 1601 ]
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> *VIRTUOSITY VX (Virtual Experience): A Hybrid Approach to Delivering the
> Promise of Interactive Storyworlds*
> Scott Ross and Brett Leonard
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> *Monday, October 30**, 2017, 1PM*
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> *Elings Hall, room 1601*
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> [image: Image]Scott Ross
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> [image: Image]Brett Leonard
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> Scott Ross and Brett Leonard are pioneers in the entertainment industry,
> now partnering on a new endeavor in virtual storytelling. Their company
> Virtuosity has assembled the best and brightest in the fields of science,
> technology, psychology, medicine, storytelling, programming, coding,
> creativity, art direction and executive management.
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> *Scott Ross Bio:* Dr. Ross is one of the most notable pioneers in digital
> media, technology and entertainment. He founded, along with James Cameron,
> Digital Domain, one of the largest digital production studios in the motion
> picture and advertising industries. Under Ross’ direction, Digital Domain
> garnered multiple Academy Award nominations, receiving its first Oscar for
> the ground breaking visual effects in TITANIC. A second Oscar for WHAT
> DREAMS MAY COME and a third for THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
> followed that success. Under his watch, Digital Domain also developed the
> compositing software, NUKE, which to this day is still the industry
> standard. Prior to forming Digital Domain he led George Lucas’ vast
> entertainment empire, running ILM, Skywalker Sound, LucasFilm Commercial
> Productions and DroidWorks. Ross has played a significant role in the
> worldwide advertising industry as well. Having started commercial
> production companies whilst at LucasFilm (ILM and LCP) as well as Digital
> Domain’s Commercials Division, he has led two of the largest VFX commercial
> production companies on the planet.
>
> *Brett Leonard Bio:* Brett Leonard is an award-winning Filmmaker/Futurist
> with over 25 years of Hollywood experience as a pioneer in both the
> development and use of new media technologies. He is widely recognized as a
> top thought- leader in Virtual Reality since introducing the concept and
> term to popular culture in his seminal hit film Lawnmower Man - Many
> pioneers and tech leaders of the emerging VR industry count Lawnmower Man
> as one of their key inspirations for creating the actual “reality” of this
> world-changing medium. Brett is a sought-after speaker for the rapidly
> growing VR/AR industry, giving keynotes at events around the globe as a
> leading expert on defining interactive storytelling, and on providing an
> ethical framework for these powerful new mediums. Brett’s core philosophy,
> born out in all of his work is: “To empower people to create and experience
> compelling story, character, and emotion in any new medium, no matter what
> the technology being used to enable it”.
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> *www.virtuosityvr.com <https://www.virtuosityvr.com/>*
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