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Steinbeck Newsletter Fall 1995, San Jose State University

Center for Steinbeck Studies Newsletter

Fall 1995. Includes: Cannery Row Fiftieth Anniversary Edition. The God in the Pipes: An Early Version of Cannery Row / Roy Simmonds; Edward Flanders Ricketts: Four Perspectives / Nancy Ricketts; Interview with Peter Stackpole; Photographer, July 1975 / Martha Heasley Cox

Spartan Daily, September 29, 1995, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Calendar, Erika Ismerio

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An informational event calendar created by Erika Ismerio. Contains events related to digital media arts that occured in October and November, 1995. Includes events taking place in locations including Philadelphia, Toronto, and New York. Events include a Software Developers Conference and Digital Audio and Video workshops.

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Configuration And Control Of Multimedia Devices, Aaron Ludtke

Master's Projects

A study was carried out to characterize the process parameters needed to wire bond soft substrate packages using the thermosonic bonding method. A variety of substrate materials were utilized, including Duroid 5880, Duroid 6010, polyimide, TMM 10, and aluminum oxide. The wires used included aluminum (with a 1% silicon alloy) and high purity gold, with 0.7, 1.0, 1.25 mil gold wire diameters being evaluated. Ceramic and titanium bonding wedges were the tools selected for wire bonding.

Bond pull testing, thermal cycling, and visual examinations were performed to verify the reliability of these wire bonds. Hardness tests were conducted to relate …

Traffic Control For Automated Highway Systems: A Conceptual Framework, H.-S. Jacob Tsao

Faculty Publications

This paper proposes a conceptual framework for designing a traffic control scheme. It adopts a top-down approach to defining major design steps starting with high-level feature definition. With the desired features defined, the top-down approach then identifies and defines moves and related planning and movement functions that are required for supporting the desired features. The paper takes a systems view and identifies the safety issues regarding the movement coordination of the large number of vehicles on an Automated Highway System (AHS).

Spartan Daily, September 1, 1995, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Vr Dirt And Other Stuff, P.D. Quick

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A look at the effects virtual reality has on users. These effects can manifest physiologically or psychologically, through the use of the interfaces and feedback of virtual tech. Several sources are discussed, including a study from the University of Virginia’s Department of Computer Science and a panel presentation attended by the author titled "A National Research Agenda for Virtual Reality: Report by the National Research Council Committee on VR R&D" (NRCC). Some of the side effects of virtual reality tech use are eye strain, motion sickness, and sopite syndrome. Altering the mental model held by the user's own body as …

Switch On Virtual Reality, Switch Staffs

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A general introduction to virtual reality and the technology associated with it. The article wants to explore a simulated fantasyland and desires to escape the limits of the everyday world. Two interviews with Brenda Laurel and Linda Jacobson about the issue of identity in VR, theorizing whether one can escape entirely into another existence. The authors also talk about the full potential of VR, where people can "become" someone of the opposite sex, of an altered gender, or another race.

Switch Gateway, Switch Staffs

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Vr Projects, P.D. Quick

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A description of three three projects having to do with virtual reality. The first is the Nanomanipulator, developed at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Department of Computer Science in conjunction with the UCLA Department of Chemistry in 1991. It is a machine that allows the user to interact with microscopic particles previously only visible in 2D from an electron microscope. The second project, The Augmented Reality Project, also developed at the Chapel Hill Department of Computer Science. This device used ultrasound images to be placed over a body allowing the user to see inside of it. The final …

Linda Jacobson Interview Virtual Reality Evangelist, Loretta L. Lange

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In the interview with Linda Jacobson, a Virtual Reality (VR) artist, Jacobson discusses the current and future state of VR technology’s role in the politics of the body, social identity, self, gender, class, and race. This article discusses the fact that barriers to access exist for a more diverse set of artists across race, class, and gender to engage with VR technology and the need to evolve the development platform, so artists can implement their ideas in a low-cost way. The author discusses Jaron Lanier’s ideas about using VR to explore other identities based on a theatrical model where the …

Vrware Beware: Vr At Siggraph, P.D. Quick

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The article uses the author’s experiences from the event of Siggraph ‘95 to comment on upcoming products using virtual or augmented reality. The article includes further discussion on the products’ effects on the psychology and physiology of consumers. Some examples include the “i-Glasses” from Virtual I/O, the “Smart Model” from Multigen, as well as the nanomanipulator created by University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Department of Computer Science, and the Phobia Project developed by the Georgia Tech Graphics Visualization and Usability Center. The article also covers not only the products of this event, but also the courses, panels, papers, and …

Vr Products, P.D. Quick

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The article is an analysis of the author’s experience testing several virtual reality items at Siggraph, an annual convention displaying computer machinery and interactive technology products. The author explains each device and how they work, the company behind the invention, as well as how it can help with future technological advancements. Several products are explained in more depth; the i-Glasses by Virtual I/O, Red Planet by Virtual World Entertainment Inc., Venturer S-2 by Thomson Entertainment Systems, and several more. Each item explores virtual reality in differing ways such as interactive video games, more user-friendly 3D modeling, and virtual movie theater …