1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
DH22: Session B:
Immersive Technology on the Net - Expanding the Visual Horizon
For decades the film industry has experimented in wide-screen, surround sound or other visual concepts, but they have rarely found a sustained audience. Now the computer industry is following in the same direction, offering up a host of unique immersive visual experiences. From static 360 degree views to moving pictures that take the viewer into an immersive universe, a new experience is on the way. You will not want to miss hearing from the leading developers in the field and seeing their fantastic technology.
Steven Chrust, Chairman of the Board, Worlds.com
Dr. Edward C. Driscoll, Jr., President, BeHere
Bill Gubbins, SVP Entertainment, iPIX
Paul Cha, co-founder, Enroute Imaging
Sheryl Moss, Sr. Director Business Development, CYBERWORLD International
Chris Yewdall, President and CEO, Dynamic Digital Depth Inc
Gregory Peter Panos, Co-Chair, SIGGRAPH-Los Angeles, Moderator
Bill Gubbins, SVP Entertainment, IPIX: Before joining iPIX, Mr. Gubbins operated his own new media consulting firm, working with clients including Turner Network Television (TNT), ESPN Magazine, Medcast.com, and On Target Media. An experienced new media executive, Gubbins served as Vice President, Editor-In-Chief, and Executive Vice President at Whittle and Primedia (then K-III Communications) properties. While at Whittle, he helped create and launch communications properties generating more than $150 million in revenue. An accomplished photographer and writer, Gubbins' photographs have appeared in Rolling Stone, Photo Metro, and been exhibited at the Detroit Public Library; his writing credits include publication in Graphis, ESPN Magazine, Print, and Photo Metro. Additionally, Gubbins received a Gold Award from the New York Festival for his writing work on the TV documentary, Skyscrapers: Vertical Masterpiece, chronicling the construction of the world's tallest building in Shanghai.
Steven Chrust, Chairman of the Board, Worlds.com: Steven G. Chrust joined Worlds.com in April 1999 as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Chrust brings over two decades of experience in the telecommunications industry to Worlds.com Inc. Most recently, Mr. Chrust was co-founder and vice chairman of Winstar Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: WCII). Mr. Chrust spent most of his five years at Winstar helping the company through its high growth startup stages, leading corporate development, strategic and capital planning, and acquisitions. He is also the former Chairman and CEO of AMNEX, Inc., an operator services long distance company, and Executive Vice President of Executone Information Services, Inc. Prior to working in telecommunications, Mr. Churst was Director of Technology Research at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co, a leading telecommunications research and analyst company. While at Bernstein he was named top telecommunications analyst each year for more than a decade by Institutional Investor and listed as the #1 analyst in the sector for five consecutive years in their annual all-star rankings.
Dr. Edward C. Driscoll, Jr., President, BeHere: Dr. Driscoll is the Founder, President and CEO of Be Here Corporation. Under his direction, the company’s iVideo was named one of the top 15 products at NAB 2000. Be Here was also awarded Internet Showcase People’s Choice Award in 1997. Prior to founding Be Here, Driscoll was the President and CEO of Focus Surgery, a pioneer in image-guided, non-invasive medical devices. Driscoll was also the principal founder of Diasonics, a leader in diagnostic medical imaging, where he served as Corporate Vice President and CTO. Driscoll has been a guest lecturer at numerous universities in the U.S. and abroad, and he has been a presenter at many tradeshows including SIGGRAPH, SPIE, MacWorld, and Seybold. He is the principal inventor of ten granted or pending U.S. patents, with a dozen international equivalents. Driscoll holds a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania, two Masters of Science degrees from Harvard. Driscoll furthered his studies of digital imaging by earning his doctorate in Remote Sensing-Digital Imaging from Stanford University.
Sheryl Moss, Sr. Director Business Development, CyberWorld has over 17 years of experience in the computer software industry. She’s a seasoned business executive whose expertise is in identifying new business opportunities, creating strategic partnerships and negotiating agreements. Most recently, she held a Director position at Mattel Interactive where she was responsible for developing key alliances with companies such as Canon, Epson and Apple Computer. Earlier in her career, she held key positions at Delrina Corporation and Fifth Generation Systems where she was instrumental in developing their retail and OEM business strategies. Sheryl has a B.S. Degree in Business Administration from California State University in Northridge, California
Chris Yewdall, President and CEO for Dynamic Digital Depth Inc.: As president and CEO for Dynamic Digital Depth Inc. (DDD), Chris is responsible for the operations of DDD. He has been the driving force behind the commercialization of DDD's DeepSee 3D technologies, and continues to grow their presence in the Internet, broadcast, advertising markets. Chris has a unique blend of marketing and technical skills, backed by a sound understanding of the fast-moving digital entertainment market, which is critical to the success of strategic and tactical plans necessary to commercialize the company's technologies. Based in Santa Monica, California, Chris oversees the growing management team to ensure a market-driven international presence. Chris' interesting and diverse background includes serving most recently as vice president of business development at the UK-based C-Dilla Ltd., an anti-piracy software provider to the world's leading desktop and entertainment software developers. He also held several senior management positions in Europe and North America with the UK-based Virtuality Group, the world leader in immersive virtual reality technologies. At Virtuality, Chris built the entertainment operations to a worldwide marketshare of more than 85 percent, which led to one of the most successful stock market IPOs in the UK in1993. He also worked as a technical consultant and sales executive for a systems development software provider for IBM mainframe computers. He added his technical expertise at Jaguar Cars in the UK, where he installed computer-aided design systems and was involved in the prototype development of the XJ220, one of the world's fastest road cars. In 1988, Chris graduated from North Staffordshire University, Stafford, England with an honors degree in Information Systems.
Paul Cha, co-founder & Vice-President, Operations, Enroute Imaging: Enroute Imaging co-founder Paul Cha brings to Enroute over 16 years of management experience in high-technology operations, including software/hardware development and biotechnology. As Vice President of Operations for Enroute, Paul is supervising the roll-out of their FirstPerson Immersive Video system and was instrumental in establishing Quickstitch panorama software as the highest market-share OEM product in the digital camera market. Before founding Enroute, Cha was a Partner with HowNow Productions where he developed games and educational titles. Previously, Cha held senior management positions at Galen Systems, Maxzen Medical Technologies, and Yamalchi Finance. Cha, a Southern California native, holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Whittier College.
Gregory Peter Panos is Founding Co-Director of the Performance Animation Society
where he leads this emerging field toward the future of virtual actors, digitized performance and human simulation in cyberspace. A leading futurist, writer, consultant and educator specializing in the fields of "Virtual Reality" (VR), Human Simulation, 3D Real-Time Computer Graphics, "Performance Animation", innovative WEB site development and emerging new media technology, Greg's keen vison of the future often tells us what is coming and why it's going to be hot way before is happens.