Sweet tech talks by Facebook and Intel this week!
Summary:
· Tuesday, 2/24, 5:45 p.m. in EE105: Tech talk with Oculus VR: Software Engineering and Virtual Reality: The Devil in the Details
· Thursday, 2/26, 5:30 p.m. in EE105: Tech talk with Intel
Details:
Facebook Tech Talk
RSVP at facebook.com/washingtonoculustalk
Virtual Reality is conceptually simple, and practically hard. This talk will introduce the basic pipeline of a VR device and highlight the differences between a VR application and a regular 3D one. While the structural differences are not dramatic, the tolerance to errors and fudges is so much lower with VR that real care needs to be taken with the low-level details. Unfortunately, many of the tools we use in error-sensitive software engineering tasks do not work that well in VR – not least because the most unpredictable part of the equation is the human visual system. This talk will look at ways we have had to adapt software development to the rapidly-evolving pace of technology, and what happens when it smacks up against a few million years of primate perception. Tom Forsyth is a senior architect at Oculus working in rendering technology.
We will have some food to nom on but do us a favor and RSVP so that we know to expect you. Also, add any of your friends to this event that you think might be interested as well.
Intel Tech Talk
Join Intel for a Technical Talk Logic Technology Development is hiring Presented by Russ Plumley, Portland Technology Development
Date: Thursday, February 26th
Time: 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Location: EE105
Join Russ Plumley, Tapeout Technology Development Engineering Manager (21 years at Intel) for a discussion on Intel’s Silicon process technology. Intel has made significant advancement in Silicon process technology in recent years and brought advanced technologies to High Volume Manufacturing years ahead of its competitors. As we look to 2015 and beyond, Intel will continue its investment in inventing and developing new technologies. Immediate opportunities for BS, MS and PhD students