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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#000099'>This might be an interesting talk/demo tomorrow….<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#000099'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
faculty-bounces@mat.ucsb.edu [mailto:faculty-bounces@mat.ucsb.edu] <b>On Behalf
Of </b>Andres Burbano<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 04, 2009 4:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> student list; faculty@mat.ucsb.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [faculty] MAT 595M Seminar - Why stop at sight and sound?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>MAT
595M Seminar Series</span></b></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.mat.ucsb.edu/595M/talk_4.html">http://www.mat.ucsb.edu/595M/talk_4.html</a></span></span><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Why stop at sight and sound? Active, whole
body motion and vibration feedback can be used to reach new levels of immersion
and interactivity</span></b></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Randolph
Crowson </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
Crowsontech</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=apple-style-span><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3333FF'><a
href="http://www.crowsontech.com/">http://www.crowsontech.com/</a></span></b></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Time</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: February Friday 6 - 2:00-3:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Location</span></b><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Webb 1100 (east of Davidson
Library <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Abstract:</span></b><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In our interaction with the world we commonly
experience Full-body as well as Haptic vibration sensations that provide a
great deal of information about our surroundings. These sensations provide a
powerful contribution to our environment perception and our emotional state. By
reproducing motion/vibration sensations in a home theater or lab, we can create
new art or vastly improve Video Games, Movies, VR Environments and Music.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;min-height: 15px'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The tools required to record, manipulate and
reproduce real-world vibration are currently available and relatively
inexpensive. Several recording methods and applications will be presented as
well as demonstrations of audio/video/motion art. Crowson Technology motion
recording tools and Tactile Motion Actuators will be made available for
hands-on experience<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;min-height: 15.0px'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;min-height: 15.0px'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Administrative contacts: </span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Matthew Turk (mturk at <a
href="http://cs.ucsb.edu/"><span class=apple-style-span><span style='color:
black'>cs.ucsb.edu</span></span></a>), Andres Burbano (burbano at <a
href="http://gmail.com/"><span class=apple-style-span><span style='color:black'>gmail.com</span></span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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