WORLD HOUSE: Connecting the Global Community On the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, the University of Florida’s Digital Worlds Institute in cooperation with King’s alma mater Morehouse College in Atlanta will kick off the first of four interactive global webcasts at 10 a.m. EDT on Friday, April 4, when experts from UF and Morehouse, along with institutions in China, India, Kenya and South Africa, discuss and share in real-time King’s meaning for the 21st century. The other three programs are also scheduled at 10 a.m. on successive Fridays in April, and all can be viewed on the Internet here and at www.worldhouse.morehouse.edu.more »
Voyage to Tomorrow A Multi-media Suite in Three Movements A three-movement symphonic suite performed live to an original digital movie created by the UF Digital Worlds Institute incorporating dramatic time-lapse cinematography, 3D computer animation and imagery from historic Renaissance paintings and sculptures. more »
In Common: TIME - Maximum Impact Ingenuity Festival Percussionists from across North America convene LIVE onstage (physically and virtually) to present In Common Time: MAXIMUM IMPACT. The event includes CODEX Tympanos, DRUMMA and the World Premiere of SMOKE|WIRE|ROCK a new site-specific work created specially for the Ingenuity Festival. more »
HIST Human Interactive Simulation and Training The HIST system allows larger numbers of medical students to interact with patient symptoms, both in the local classroom and at a distance. The system can track each student’s reactions to dynamic medical situations, giving professors a useful tool to assess individual progress and understanding. more »
Micro-Air-Vehicle Virtual Environment System A Hardware-in-the-Loop Experiment and Simulation
Facility for Vision-Based Control of Micro-Air-Vehicles (MAVs) The Micro-Air-Vehicle (MAV) Virtual Environment system provides
a synthetic environment in which hardware MAVs can be flight tested
virtually. The project, headed by Dr. Andrew Kurdila of the UF Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering Department, is funded by the United States
Air Force. more »
DW Partners with KAIST
The Digital Worlds Institute and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) collaborate on the first International Symposium on Culture Technology.
Children of a Common Mother
Thursday February 15, 2007 at 5:30 PM in the University of Florida Constans Theatre. Live performance by ethnic and indigenous artists located throughout the Americas.
