Message from the Program Co-Chairs

Abstract

We have many interesting events planned. Our keynote address will be an important event for the field. Funded by the U.S. Office of Naval Research, Frederick P. Brooks Jr. of the University of North Carolina, one of VR’s pioneers, has taken several trips within the U.S. and internationally to evaluate the successes and limitations of using virtual reality systems to solve real problems in the workplace. Lessons learned from this assessment will help shape the field for the coming decade, both by identifying opportunities for successfully transitioning research results into practical systems and by pointing out roadblocks to implementation that require research advances.