{"595357":{"#nid":"595357","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dragon Con 2017: Your Guide to GT Computing Panels This Weekend","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing will be represented at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.dragoncon.org\/\u0022\u003EDragon Con\u003C\/a\u003E this week in Atlanta, with faculty members participating in a handful of panels.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThere will be one panel each on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday that features a member of the College. All three are part of the video game track at the Westin.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe following is a rundown on events that will feature GT Computing panelists.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAugmented and Virtual Reality, 1 p.m. Friday at the Westin Augusta E-G\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EThis panel will feature \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ic.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u003C\/a\u003E (IC) Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/blair-macintyre\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBlair MacIntyre\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.imtc.gatech.edu\/people\/maribeth-gandy-coleman-phd\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMaribeth Coleman\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, who is the director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.imtc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInteractive Media Technology Center\u003C\/a\u003E (IMTC) and associate director of interactive media for the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute for People and Technology\u003C\/a\u003E (IPaT). The panel will look at the history and future of virtual reality in video games, and also feature \u003Cstrong\u003ERoger Altizer\u003C\/strong\u003E (University of Utah), and \u003Cstrong\u003EMike Capps\u003C\/strong\u003E (former president of Epic Games).\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDystopian Tech and Gaming, 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Westin Augusta E-G\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EThis panel will also feature MacIntyre, Coleman, and Altizer, along with Georgia Tech Research Scientist \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.imtc.gatech.edu\/people\/clint-zeagler\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EClint Zeagler\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (wearable computing, textile interfaces, animal computer interaction) and Emory University Professor \u003Cstrong\u003ESusan Tamasi\u003C\/strong\u003E (linguistics). The panel examines the ramifications of connecting our lives more closely through technology and the way we tell stories through that. What effect does gamifying our lives, health, experiences, and relationships have on our humanity and the future of how we relate to what surrounds us?\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EToys That Are Changing the Future of Gaming, 5:30 p.m. Sunday at the Westin Augusta E-G\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EColeman and MacIntyre will be joined by IC Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/thad-starner\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThad Starner\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and IMTC Research Scientist \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.imtc.gatech.edu\/people\/laura-levy\u0022\u003ELaura Levy\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u003Cstrong\u003EJos\u0026eacute; P. Zagal\u003C\/strong\u003E (University of Utah) will also be on the panel. Panelists will discuss revolutionary technology like neural interfaces, contact lens monitors, and more innovations just over the horizon for consumers. Additionally, they will talk about how we could co-opt that tech for video games.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDragon Con is a multigenre convention founded in 1987 that takes place annually over Labor Day weekend in Atlanta. As of 2016, the convention draws over 77,000 attendees, features hundreds of guests, and encompasses five hotels in the Peachtree Center neighborhood of downtown Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A number of GT Computing faculty members and researchers, including Professors Thad Starner and Blair MacIntyre, will participate in panels during Dragon Con."}],"uid":"33939","created_gmt":"2017-08-31 14:48:56","changed_gmt":"2017-08-31 14:48:56","author":"David Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-08-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-08-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"595250":{"id":"595250","type":"image","title":"DragonCon 2017","body":null,"created":"1504034059","gmt_created":"2017-08-29 19:14:19","changed":"1504034059","gmt_changed":"2017-08-29 19:14:19","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226851","name":"DragonCon logo.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DragonCon%20logo.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DragonCon%20logo.png","mime":"image\/png","size":214586,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/DragonCon%20logo.png?itok=vlmzGpmt"}}},"media_ids":["595250"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"576491","name":"CRNCH"},{"id":"1299","name":"GVU Center"},{"id":"576481","name":"ML@GT"},{"id":"50877","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"140101","name":"dragon con"},{"id":"1944","name":"Thad Starner"},{"id":"11099","name":"Blair MacIntyre"},{"id":"172775","name":"Maribeth Gandy Coleman"},{"id":"173537","name":"Laura Levy"},{"id":"9873","name":"clint zeagler"},{"id":"2356","name":"gaming"},{"id":"1597","name":"Augmented Reality"},{"id":"145251","name":"virtual reality"},{"id":"10353","name":"wearable computing"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDavid Mitchell\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["david.mitchell@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}