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NSF funds "Mobile Infospaces"
for three years at Michigan State University Labs
The research will extend neurological and behavioral research
on human spatial cognition with the end goal of developing interfaces
for wearable, augmented-reality computing.
EU funds OMINPRES Presence
Research Project to be headed by M.I.N.D. Lab in Netherlands
The European Commission's IST (Information Societies Technology)
has awarded OMNIPRES (Omnibus Presence Technology Assessment and
Measurement Groups) funding for Presence theory research at 2
European Universities. The project will be headed by the M.I.N.D.
lab in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
European Union funds ambitious
Presence MEC Methods Study involving M.I.N.D. Labs in Portugal
and Finland
The European Commission's IST (Information Societies Technology)
program under the Presence Initiative has awarded the MEC (Measurement,
Effects, Conditions) funding for methods research work at five
European Universities including the M.I.N.D. labs in Helsinki
and Porto.
3M Donate Retroreflective Fabric
to assist in construction of Teleportal Prototype Rooms
A generous donation by 3M, one of the world’s largest manufacturers
of reflective material will assist in the construction of the
Teleportal Prototype Rooms at the Media Interface and Network
Design Labs located on the Michigan State University campus in
East Lansing, Michigan.
Visiting Researcher
in Telepresence and Persuasion from Belgium Joins the M.I.N.D
LAB@East Lansing
Anne-Cecile Jeandrain, a visiting scholar from the Catholic University
of Louvain (U.C.L.) in Belgium has joined the M.I.N.D Lab@East
Lansing this Fall to collaborate in the ongoing research projects
on Presence and E-commerce.
Chronicle of Higher Education-Online
Frank A. Biocca doesn't just study mobile computing. He lived much of 2003 as a plugged-in nomad, wondering through Europe in a souped-up, high-tech RV.
Prof and his RV prove work can travel
For Michigan State University Professor Frank Biocca, it was a year of living wirelessly abroad. And it proved in practice what he's been teaching as theory for years: Modern communication truly allow people to work from anywhere in the world, anytime they want.
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