Saturday, June 17, 2006 17:00-17:45
Capstone Talk: Mark Bolas, "Luminous Tendrils"
Just as robotics provide an interface that allows computers to reach out, touch, and interact with the physical world, projector-camera systems enable computational technologies to sense, explore, and alter the real world through the use of light. Such technologies provide a powerful step in the evolution not only of human-computer interfaces, but of the growing number of interfaces between computers and our physical environment.
	Bio: Mark Bolas is a research scientist, artist, and designer of perceptually focused computer systems used to augment perception, agency, and intelligence. He graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a B.A. in Physics and studies in Music and Signal Processing, and from Stanford University with an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design. He helped to found Polaris Road and Sonicbox Inc., as well as Fakespace Labs and Fakespace Systems. Currently he is a Visiting Associate Professor in the Interactive Media Division, School of Cinema and Television at the University of Southern California, and Chairman of Fakespace Labs in Mountain View, California. He has also been a professor at Stanford University and KEIO University exploring tangible interfaces, augmented reality, and computational illumination. Among other honors, Mark was awarded the 2005 IEEE Virtual Reality Technical Achievement Award in recognition of his seminal technical achievements in virtual & augmented reality.