Dance-Tech colleagues, Pre-talk comments most welcome... John Simmons ------------------------------------------------ Archimedes Project Center for the Study of Language and Information Cordura Hall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-4115 (650) 725-3774 Tuesday, 18 January 2000, 12:00noon - 2:00pm Cordura Hall, Room 100 DANCE+TECHNOLOGY: HUMANIZING THE WEB John Simmons President, ShowLab, Inc. http://www-csli.stanford.edu/arch/simmons.htm jsimmon1@gmu.edu To help develop a system that delivers interactive 3D human animation over the Internet in real-time, television producer John Simmons has been observing and incorporating several processes developed in the world of modern dance. Simmons gives an illustrated overview of what he has learned from some of America's leading dancers and choreographers, and suggests a practical framework for Dance+Technology collaborations in the areas of linguistics, communication, artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction. Simmons' animation system is currently being used by the Archimedes Project to develop an American Sign Language synthesizer. Joining the discussion are dancers Emilie and Carl Flink, both formerly with the Jose Limon Dance Company; Carl is also a Guest Faculty member of the Stanford Dance Division.
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