International Symposium
on Multimedia Virtual Laboratory

International Symposium on Multimedia Virtual Laboratory

International Symposium on Multimedia Virtual Laboratory was held with 150 visitors in Tokyo and 40 at APII Technology Center.

Date:

Wednesday May 25, 1998

Time:

13:30-17:15

Place:

Communication Research Laboratory, Koganei City, Tokyo and APII Technology Center, Kobe City, Hyogo were connected by digital high definition TV.

Agenda:

Address by the sponsor/ Shigeaki Kumagaya, Chairman of MVL.

Address by guest/ Akio Motai, Secretary for the Minister of Posts and Communications.

Lecture

CRL/MPT R&D for Multimedia Virtual Laboratory

Tadashi Shiomi
Director, Telecommunication Systems Division
Commnunications Research Laboratory Ministry of Posts and Telecommnunicaitons, Japan

CAVERN: The CAVE Research Network

Andrew E. Johnson
Electronic Visualization Laboratory University of Illinois at Chicago

Present Status of APII Project

Toshio Ihara
APII Technology Center, Communications Research Laboratory
Ministry of Posts and Telecommnunications, Japan

Integrating the Periphery and Context: A New Taxonomy of Telematics

William Buxton
Associate Professor in the Department of chief Computer Science at the University of Toronto.

QoS(Quality of Service) Control in the Multimedia Networks

Hideo Miyahara
Department of Informatic and Mathematical Science
Graduate School of Engineering Science Osaka University

Visualization and Interaction in Immersive Virtual Environments

Hong-Yee Wong
National Supercomputing Research Centre
National University of Singapore

A New Bridge for Healthcare
-Medicine and Multimedia: Medical Virtual Reality-

Hiroshi Oyama, M.D.
Head of Neurosurgery, Outpatient Clinic Division,
National Cancer Center Hospital