IQTVRA SUMMIT IN SEDONA

SUMMIT IN SEDONA 2004, an Interactive Imaging Conference - produced by

Speakers

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Dennis Biela		Dennis Biela (dbiela[a]mac.com) of the Wayaheadgroup (http://wayaheadgroup.com) has been involved in QuickTime and QuickTime VR for over 7 years. Clients include: Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, BMW, Cessna, General Motors, Eastman Kodak, Apple Computer, Esplanade Singapore, Michelin Tires N.A., US Environmental Protection Agency, Car and Driver, Ocean Drive and Automobile magazines, Four Seasons Hotels and MGM properties. Certified as an expert in the field of digital imaging by the United States Government, he is a consultant to major corporations, advertising agencies and various camera manufacturers. In addition Dennis lectures around theworld on digital imaging and immersive technologies for Apple Computer and is also on an advisory board for imaging with 2 colleges.
Landis Bennett		Landis Bennett has been exploring the realm of immersive imagery for 7 years. His interests in both computers and photography came together when introduced to this technology. Landis enjoys the ability to show more of a location with a panorama than a traditional photograph and has been taking panoramas of travels across North America. His web site, 360Geographics, has hundreds of panoramas from all around the United States and Canada showing tourist destinations as well as places off the beaten path.
Kay Christy		Kay Christy is multimedia artist specializing in animation, 3D modeling, aesthetic quality control, and wacky ideas. She has consulted for photographic virtual reality projects, spoken at the New York Digital Video, Digital Media DC Show, and National Association of Broadcasters conferences on such subjects as: 3DS Max and Flash. She teaches 2D and 3D animation at The Art Institute of Washington. Additionally she runs “Concept Girl” an interactive design business. Her most recent personal obsession involves “Frau Haus”, a QTVR-based exploratory game. She is a graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design and Rhode Island School of Design. Her work can be seen at www.conceptgirl.com.
Jim Galvin		Jim began photographing panoramas in early 1998. Since then he has continued to learn and be fascinated by 360-degree photography. In July of 2002 Jim organized a group of VR photographers for an informal dinner and it has evolved into the NYC360photo group. The last meeting had a turnout of twenty people. Jim says: "Some people think of VR as an art form, some as a way to sell houses, some like it for its military application; it's great to get them all in one room and hear the ideas flow, and learn from each other." Jim photographs VR professionally on a freelance basis and also freelances as a lighting technician for movies & TV shows. Some of the projects he has worked on are Big Night, Ransom, In & Out, First Wives' Club, School of Rock, The Guiding Light, The Manchurian Candidate, A Beautiful Mind, and many others. Jim would like to thank the publisher of ENCPress.com for all her support.
Bob Goldstein		Bob Goldstein has guided hundreds of businesses through the transition from traditional to digital imaging. He was founder and president of ZZYZX Visual Systems in Los Angeles, California, where he developed businesses in high volume image scanning, digital retouching, QTVR services, stock photo databases and digital distribution networks, fine art digital printing, interactive media projects, web site design, and digital photo studios. He then became president of the Altamira Group, which produced the Genuine Fractals line of digital imaging software. He is a senior analyst with the Future Image Report and has consulted with such companies as Eastman Kodak, Apple Computer and HP. He is currently co-authoring a book on Visual Communication strategies for businesses.
Scott Highton		Scott Highton is one of the most experienced QuickTime VR (QTVR) and iPIX (PhotoBubble) photographers in the country, and was the first to use both technologies underwater. He was the first independent photographer contracted by Apple Computer to work with and test QuickTime VR, as well as an early photographic consultant and contract photographer during development of the iPIX technology. He offers multimedia clients over two decades of experience in television and documentary film production, corporate photography and photojournalism. He specializes in high-technology and aviation subjects, as well as difficult, remote location photography including underwater, aerial and extreme environments.
Aldo Hoeben		Aldo first saw a Quicktime VR tour in 1997. He was immediately wowed with the panoramic scenes as well as the intuitive floorplan navigation etc. He started making his own panoramic tours that same year, but in the years that followed he was disappointed that the development of new concepts in panoramic imaging seemingly stood still. Now that technologies such as 3D hardware accelleration and broadband are starting to become mainstream, Aldo has decided to take matters into his own hands and create his own panoramic viewing engine based on Macromedia's Shockwave technology, taking panoramic imaging a step further. Since Aldo was invited to showcase his work at last year's Summit in DC, he has been developing an all new version of his SPi-V (Shockwave Panoramic Viewer) engine, that is just about ready to be released.
Harry Liles		Award-winning advertising photographer and television commercial director/producer, became involved in multimedia in the early '90's. He is president of Harry Liles Productions, Inc., and publisher of PI/E Pro Invoice/Estimate, a studio management software for professional photographers. Mr. Liles is the Director of the instructional video "QuickTime VR for Photographers", and a founding member of APA, Advertising Photographers of America. Harry teaches interactive multimedia at Brooks Institute of Photography.
Jook Leung		Jook Leung of 360VR Studio <http://360vr.com> is internationally recognized as an innovator in spherical panoramic photography. His full screen QuickTime VR panoramas have appeared several times on Hans Nyberg's Panoramas.dk <http://panoramas.dk> and his work has been featured on VRWAY's online VRMAGazine as a guest artist. Jook's experience spans 25 years as a commercial photographer with a background in photo-illustration and digital imaging.
Tim Petros		Tim Petros (tim[a]gyrovr.com) Tim Petros, owner of Gyroscope Interactive Photography (http://www.gyrovr.com), is a pioneer and leading producer of VR photo-based images for interactive media† such as the Web and CD-ROM. Clients include Warner Bros., Disney Online, Fox Interactive, Apple Computers, Nickelodeon, Tower Records, Discovery Channel, AsSeenIn.com, and more. He has contributed technical information to videos, books, and magazine articles about virtual reality photography.
Loren Price		Loren Price of Price/Western (http://www.pricewestern.com) is an executive producer based in Southern California producing web sites, videos, and print collateral for various clients. Loren is also the Chairman of the Board and past President for the IQTVRA and a founding board member. Loren has an extensive background in sales and marketing several products over the last 30 years. Currently, Loren is marketing hospital cubicle curtains with nature scenes as Sereneview (http://www.sereneview.com).
Michael Quan		Michael has been a board member of the IQTVRA for several terms and currently serves as the president. He is president and founder of Interactive Tactical Group, Inc, (Boston, Massachusetts, USA), a security consulting firm. Quan got his start in VR, when he produced the VR content of Harvard University's virtual tour.
Pat St. Clair		Pat St. Clair graduated with a bachelors degree in marketing from Miami University (O) and a bachelors degree in professional photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology and has been photographing professionally since 1978. He serves a corporate clientele that includes agencies of all sizes (mom & pop shops up to Saatchi & Saatchi) as well as direct corporate clients such as Eastman Kodak Company, Palm, Xerox, 3Com, DaimlerChrysler, ExxonMobil, Microwave Data Systems and more. He was an early adapter of digital technology and has worked with Eastman Kodak Company on digital capture projects and digital image quality issues for the last eight years. He has worked with QuickTimeVR since 1994 and is a charter member of the IQTVRA. He owns and operates St. Clair Photo-Imaging in Rochester, NY and more about Pat and his work can be found at www.stclairphoto-imaging.com.
Cliff VanMeter		Clifford VanMeter is the author of the QuickTimers Guide to Web Video and a frequent contributor to Mac Design magazine. His web site QuickTiming.Org, is the number one independent QuickTime resource site on the Internet today. Through his company Ursa Major Media (http://ursamajormedia.com) he provides training and consulting resources, as well as web and QuickTime development.
Lee Varis		Lee Varis, the owner and founder of Varis PhotoMedia, is a photo-illustrator working in Hollywood. He has been involved in commercial photography for the last 26 years. He started working with computer imaging about 15 years ago after being introduced to the Quantel Paintbox system. Lee currently works with digital as well as conventional photography in conjunction with computer graphics to create images for use in advertising, commercial graphics and multimedia. His work has been featured on movie posters, video box covers, CD covers, and numerous brochures, catalogs and magazine articles. Lee' creative imaging has been featured in National Geographic and Fortune magazines as well as numerous trade publications including: Photo-Electronic Imaging, Rangefinder Magazine, Photo District News and Mac Art & Design. Lee has also been involved with consulting and training activities for numerous corporate clients. He recently finished a series of imaging seminars for Apple Computers that took him around the country to most of the major metropolitan areas. He maintains close relationships with numerous hardware and software companies and is involved in beta testing programs.