EVENTS

10 March 2003, Saint Malo, France - Web3D Symposium

The VISTA project and the VISIONS RC1 release will be both presented at the "3D and mixed reality: an European Research Panorama" session during the Web3D symposium that will occur in Saint Malo - France, in March 2003. This symposium will focus on the frontiers of 3D technologies and multimedia. The annual Web3D Symposium is a major event in the Web3D community which unites researchers, developers, experimenters, and artists in a dynamic learning environment. Attendees share and explore methods of using, enhancing or creating new 3D web technology such as MPEG4, VRML, X3D, and Java3D. The program includes technical and commercial presentations, tutorials, workshops, t rade show and web3d art show.

18 October 2002, Toulouse, France - VISIONS RC1 Release

The VISIONS RC1 release will be officially presented in Toulouse on the 18th of October. This version will be provided to a number of end-users for validation.

29 April 2002, Toulouse, France - The VISTA trial

The VISIONS consortium is pleased to announce the VISTA project. This 18 month trial aims to adapt, fine-tune, customise and improve VISIONS towards the advertising industry's needs for authoring storyboards. The VISTA project aims at introducing this new technology in the advertising industry, and evaluating its economic benefits.

04-08 February 2002, Cannes, France - VISIONS Release Beta 2

The Beta Release 2 of the software has been demonstrated at the MILIA 2002 exhibition that occured in Cannes.

27-28 September 2001, Avignon, France - VISIONS talk and demo.

A talk about the VISIONS project as well as a demonstration of the beta release will occur during the first International Conference on Virtual Storytelling that occured in Avignon - France, the city of the World's most important theatre festival.

14-18 September 2001, Amsterdam, Nederlands - VISIONS beta release

The beta release of the VISIONS product will be officially released at IBC 2001 in the Nederlands. Located in the 77,000 gross square metres of the eleven halls of the excellent Amsterdam RAI the IBC exhibition is the world's premier electronic media event.

29-30 May 2001, Paris, France - VISIONS presentation

The VISIONS alpha version has been publically presented at the Idt/Net 2001 exhibition. Idt/Net2001, the 18th edition of France's sole, largest professional information & internet exhibition took place on 29, 30 and 31 May in the Palais des Congrès, a prestige venue at the heart of Paris.

8 March 2001, Toulouse, France - VISIONS alpha release

The official alpha release of the VISIONS product has been released and provided to end-users in March 2001.

6-8 November 2000, Nice, France - IST 2000 Conference

An early alpha version of the VISIONS product has been demonstrated at the IST 2000 conference.

16-18 & 27-28 August 2000, Toulouse, France - VISIONS Technical Meetings

A set of two technical meetings occured in Toulouse in August 2000 at CS-SI premises. The specification and design of the VISIONS system have been discussed during these meetings by CS-SI, CREATEC and Artemedia.

17 July 2000, Paris, France - VISIONS First Review Meeting

The first review meeting occured in Paris in March 2000 at CS-SI premises. The VISIONS Consortium has presented the progress of the project to the European Commission.

18-19 May 2000, London, UK - VISIONS First Technical Meeting

The first technical meeting occured in London in May 2000 at NFTS premises. The VISIONS Consortium has dicuss the overall system architecture as well as virtual character animation issues.

6-7 April 2000, Luxembourg - IEP Concertation Meeting

The VISIONS consortium has been invited to present the project at the first concertation meeting of the Interactive Electronic Publishing (IEP) sector organised by the European Commission.

29 March 2000, London, UK - Second VR World Congress

The VISIONS consortium has been invited to present the project during the second VR World Congress, an event hosted by the UK Department of Trade & Industry and sponsored by the European Commission. This day gave the opportunity to learn, build relationships and influence the thinking of DTI and the European Commission in respect of future support for the VR community.

16-17 March 2000, Milan, Italy - VISIONS First End-User Meeting

The first end-user meeting occured in Milan in March 2000 at Giunti Multimedia premises.

29 February - 02 March 2000, Poitiers, France - World Symposium On Network Media

The VISIONS project has been presented in Poitiers during the second World Symposium On Network Media, a World Forum dedicated to thinking about the Information Society and the Information Marketplace.

15 January 2000, Toulouse, France - VISIONS Kick Off Meeting

The VISIONS project kick off occured in January 2000 in Toulouse at CS-SI premises.