[LINK] Defence Industry Workshop on Extended Reality in Canberra, 5 November

[Stephen Loosley]

Kate writes,

> XR is also shorthand for Extinction Rebellion, so it'll be interesting
> to see which acronym has the longer lifespan. Regards Kate


Speaking of Extinction Rebellion, two months ago I sent them an expression of interest
in joining. Since then, and before actually signing up, they’ve reached out several times
with genuine, friendly, mature and respectful mobile calls, and follow-up texts, in order
to welcome new potential memberships. Must admit that before taking my membership
further I’ve been observing the nature of their activities. Still can’t decide. But, my point
is that upon learning of my masters in IT, they are REALLY keen to have one on board. So
if any Linkers might be considering joining XR, you can take it for granted that you would
most assuredly be made warmly welcomed, and with wide open arms 😊


On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 09:12:44AM +1100, Tom Worthington wrote:

> The ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science is hosting a Defence
> Industry Workshop on XR, Tuesday 5 November. Defence and government
> organizations, as well as industry, and academia, are invited to attend:
> https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/xr-crc-defence-workshop-tickets-76186187939
>
> The Australian National University (ANU), is investigating the establishment
> of an Extended Reality Cooperative Research Center (XR-CRC) with other
> universities. The term XR includes augmented reality, virtual reality, and
> other forms of computer generated simulations, using wearable, and other
> technology. For more details contact Dr Penny Kyburz, Senior Lecturer,
> Human-Centred Computing, ANU CECS.
> https://cecs.anu.edu.au/people/penny-kyburz
>
> ps:  It happens I was the Defence representative on a joint industry project
> to produce a graphical user interface in the early 1990s. Unfortunately the
> Web came along and made our work obsolete. ;-)
> http://www.tomw.net.au/itinpdpj.txt
>
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