The News Archives Digital
Worlds at IEEE VR 2001 March 8-16,
2001
Visualization Sonification Installation
Digital Worlds Director James Oliverio with renowned
media artist Toshio Iwai. Toshio's Augmented Reality
installation allowed users to utilize a head-mounted display
and sonify the frequencies of the colored objects displayed
throughout the installation.
Super Distribution
Yukio Takahashi explains the concept of SUPER
DISTRIBUTION for music over Japan's ubiquitous mobile
phone network. Users can download MP3 files into their telephones
and then beam the tunes to other users, who must obtain a
decription key to enjoy the music. The artists and content
owners are automatically compensated fairly, and users become
active partners in the distribution chain. Note the video
camera and MP3 player attached to Takahashi-san's phone.
First Digital Multitrack Recorder
Mr. Anazawa, of DENON Nippon Columbia, with his historic
first digital multitrack recorder. The tape transport,
which uses 2" magnetic tape, is behind him, while he stands
beside the processing unit.
Multichannel Digital Recording Console
Inventor Yurio Takahashi sits at Nippon Columbia
with his historic multichannel digital recording console,
the first of its type ever made.
"Magic Paddle"
Fumio Kishino of Osaka University demonstrated his
Magic Paddle, a fascinating device that allows users
to manipulate virtual objects. He calls it "A Tangible Augmented
Reality Interface for Object Manipulation".
Interactive 3D Sound Interface
Koichiro Hiyama, James Oliverio, and Shin-ichi
Oda of Japan Broadcasting Corporation's Three Dimensional
Audio-visual Systems Research Division. They are demonstrating
an interactive 3D sound interface that Japan Broadcasting
will be making available to the TV public in the near future.
Virtual Sword Battle
Using a prototype sensing arm, the "real" human feels the
sword hits of his virtual opponent, who is very agressive
and virtually "kills" most of her "real" challengers.
IEEE Dinner
Researchers Mark Broll (German National Center for
Information Technology), James Oliverio (Digital
Worlds Institute/UF), hostess Yunko Ogawa, Jarrell
Pair (CHARMED Technologies), and Albert "Skip" Rizzo
(Integrated Media Systems Center - University of Southern
California) convene after a long day at the IEEE VR 2001 Conference
in Yokohama.
Digital Worlds Director James Oliverio with renowned
media artist Toshio Iwai. Toshio's Augmented Reality
installation allowed users to utilize a head-mounted display
and sonify the frequencies of the colored objects displayed
throughout the installation. 
Yukio Takahashi explains the concept of SUPER
DISTRIBUTION for music over Japan's ubiquitous mobile
phone network. Users can download MP3 files into their telephones
and then beam the tunes to other users, who must obtain a
decription key to enjoy the music. The artists and content
owners are automatically compensated fairly, and users become
active partners in the distribution chain. Note the video
camera and MP3 player attached to Takahashi-san's phone. 
Mr. Anazawa, of DENON Nippon Columbia, with his historic
first digital multitrack recorder. The tape transport,
which uses 2" magnetic tape, is behind him, while he stands
beside the processing unit. 
Inventor Yurio Takahashi sits at Nippon Columbia
with his historic multichannel digital recording console,
the first of its type ever made. 
Fumio Kishino of Osaka University demonstrated his
Magic Paddle, a fascinating device that allows users
to manipulate virtual objects. He calls it "A Tangible Augmented
Reality Interface for Object Manipulation". 
Koichiro Hiyama, James Oliverio, and Shin-ichi
Oda of Japan Broadcasting Corporation's Three Dimensional
Audio-visual Systems Research Division. They are demonstrating
an interactive 3D sound interface that Japan Broadcasting
will be making available to the TV public in the near future.
Using a prototype sensing arm, the "real" human feels the
sword hits of his virtual opponent, who is very agressive
and virtually "kills" most of her "real" challengers. 
Researchers Mark Broll (German National Center for
Information Technology), James Oliverio (Digital
Worlds Institute/UF), hostess Yunko Ogawa, Jarrell
Pair (CHARMED Technologies), and Albert "Skip" Rizzo
(Integrated Media Systems Center - University of Southern
California) convene after a long day at the IEEE VR 2001 Conference
in Yokohama. 