BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20170312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20171105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170720T193952Z UID:860924A4-68AD-11E7-8752-0050568D2FB3 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170921T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170921T200000 DESCRIPTION:With the ever-increasing presence of mobile and ubiquitous comp uting in our lives\, the digital word has become an important part of our daily experience. However\, both worlds\, physical and digital\, are still clearly delineated. While visualization techniques allow us to gain bette r insight into the digital world\, we can hardly ever be fully part of it. Extensions or augmentation of human sensory capacity is one of the avenue s to get closer to the idea of transhumanism. The history of sensory augme ntation goes well beyond the last thirty years\, as evidenced by devices s uch as microscopes\, bifocals\, and binoculars. However\, we can observe h ow close these tools have become to our bodies. Smart glasses\, such as th e HoloLens\, and even smart contact lenses are manifestations of such a tr ansition.\n\nThe talk will focus on leveraging advancements in Virtual and Augmented Reality\, and Human-Computer Interaction to capture and reprodu ce the physical world\, synthesizing the digital world\, and adding the st imuli of human senses. Dr. Rechowicz will discuss how helping humans or ma chines to perceive and respond to these stimuli impacts many domains\, inc luding healthcare\, manufacturing\, humanities\, and education. The talk w ill also discuss enabling humans to become part of the digital world as we ll as seamlessly integrate it with our lives in response to a high level o f adaptiveness to ever increasing complexity of systems required. The last part of the presentation will introduce the Digital Senses Lab at Virgini a Modeling\, Analysis & Simulation Center (VMASC) led by Dr. Rechowicz and provide an overview of the demo session led by Mr. Hector Garcia\, a seni or project scientist at VMASC.\n\nSpeaker(s): Krzysztof Rechowicz\, Ph.D.\ , Hector Garcia\, Krzysztof Rechowicz\, Ph.D.\, Hector Garcia\n\nAgenda: \ n6:00-6:30 pm\, Networking\n\n6:30-7pm\, Dinner\n\n7-7:15pm\, Section Anno uncements\n\n7:15-8pm\, Technical Talk and Q&A\n\nRoom: 2100A\, Bldg: Virg inia Modeling\, Analysis & Simulation Center\, 1030 University Blvd.\, Suf folk\, Virginia\, United States\, 23435 LOCATION:Room: 2100A\, Bldg: Virginia Modeling\, Analysis & Simulation Cent er\, 1030 University Blvd.\, Suffolk\, Virginia\, United States\, 23435 ORGANIZER:v2jovano@odu.edu SEQUENCE:17 SUMMARY:IEEE Hampton Roads Section Technical Presentation - Digital Senses URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/46258 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><div>With the ever-increasing presence of mob ile and ubiquitous computing in our lives\, the digital word has become an important part of our daily experience. However\, both worlds\, physical and digital\, are still clearly delineated. While visualization techniques allow us to gain better insight into the digital world\, we can hardly ev er be fully part of it. Extensions or augmentation of human sensory capaci ty is one of the avenues to get closer to the idea of transhumanism.&nbsp\ ;The history of sensory augmentation goes well beyond the last thirty year s\, as evidenced by devices such as microscopes\, bifocals\, and binocular s. However\, we can observe how close these tools have become to our bodie s. Smart glasses\, such as the HoloLens\, and even smart contact lenses ar e manifestations of such a transition.&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n< div>The talk will focus on leveraging advancements in Virtual and Augmente d Reality\, and Human-Computer Interaction to capture and reproduce the ph ysical world\, synthesizing the digital world\, and adding the stimuli of human senses.&nbsp\;Dr. Rechowicz will discuss how helping humans or machi nes to perceive and respond to these stimuli impacts many domains\, includ ing healthcare\, manufacturing\, humanities\, and education. The talk will also discuss enabling humans to become part of the digital world as well as seamlessly integrate it with our lives in response to a high level of a daptiveness to ever increasing complexity of systems required. The last pa rt of the presentation will introduce the Digital Senses Lab at Virginia M odeling\, Analysis &amp\; Simulation Center (VMASC) led by Dr. Rechowicz a nd provide an overview of the demo session led by Mr. Hector Garcia\, a se nior project scientist at VMASC.&nbsp\;</div><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p> 6:00-6:30 pm\, Networking</p>\n<p>6:30-7pm\, Dinner</p>\n<p>7-7:15pm\, Sec tion Announcements</p>\n<p>7:15-8pm\, Technical Talk and Q&amp\;A</p>\n<p> &nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR