Lab Tours

The Delft University of Technology will present several demonstrations of research into human computer interaction. The Industrial Design Engineering faculty will demonstrate innovative interaction and display techniques. Technical Mathematics and Informatics faculty will present research on the treatment of acrophobia. The interdepartmental UBICOM research project will present their research on mobile communications systems. The Work and Interaction Technology lab will present their approach to usability testing.

Transportation from the Congress Centre to the main library of the Delft University of Technology and back will be provided.

Tour is limited to 50 people. To reserve contact Maarten Gribnau at m.w.gribnau@io.tudelft.nl

TNO Human Factors Research Institute presents Testing The Future, a tour of its high-tech lab and simulator facilities. The tour will provide demonstrations of the facilities, example projects, and new user-interface concepts such as "shared workspaces" in future operation rooms, avatars to communicate emotion, navigation assistants for the Web, Virtual Environments to assess ship designs, 3D and head-up displays in the cockpit, and interfaces in the car.

Buses will leave from the Kurhaus Hotel. Buses back to The Hague and to the Dutch Design Day Tour will be provided.

Tour is limited to 70 people. To reserve, contact vantilburg@tm.tno.nl. Visitors will receive a confirmation and a program. See www.tm.tno.nl for more information.

Spend the day in Amsterdam sampling the best in Dutch Visual and Interaction Design! Dutch organizations involved in Interaction and Visual Design will give small exhibits spread throughout the heart of central Amsterdam, within a short walking distance from each other. The Dutch Design Day will highlight the most advanced design projects, including web design, application techniques, HCI products, and experimental designs.

Buses to the Dutch Design Day Tour and back to The Hague will be provided.

Pre-registration is on a first-come, first- served basis, and is limited. Please refer to www.ddd.informaat.nl for the registration form. For further information please contact Jonathan Arnowitz at: jonathan_arnowitz@informaat.nl