NYC LOCAL: Tuesday 12 April 2005 Lisp NYC: Bob Coyne on WordsEye, the natural language text to three dimensional picture system

[secretary@lxny.org]

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  what="official Lisp NYC announcement">

  From: Heow Eide-Goodman <lists@alphageeksinc.com>
  To: lisp@lispnyc.org
  Date: 30 Mar 2005 12:04:23 -0500

  Please join us for our next meeting on Tuesday, April 12th from 7:00 pm
  to 9:00 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church.

  Bob Coyne, entrepeneur and old-school Lisp developer will be presenting
  a special lisp-eyes-only preview of WordsEye.  It is the culmination of
  years of work and highlights the technology that he developed.  It is,
  of course, written in Lisp.

      WordsEye: Creating 3D scenes from textual descriptions
          
      WordsEye   allows  untrained   users   to  spontaneously   and
      interactively create  3D scenes by simply  describing them. By
      using natural  language, ordinary users can  quickly create 3D
      scenes  without  having  to  learn special  software,  acquire
      artistic  skills,  or  even  touch a  desktop  window-oriented
      interface.   Creating graphics with  natural language  gives a
      new  sense of  power  to words  and  suggests applications  in
      education and creative play as  well as the creation of visual
      art itself. WordsEye  relies on a large database  of 3D models
      and images  to depict objects and  surface textures.  WordsEye
      is written in Common Lisp and runs on Linux.

  WordsEye screenshot-goodness can be found here:

    http://www.lispnyc.org/assets/coyne-we-preview.jpg


  Directions:

    Trinity Lutheran 
    602 E. 9th St. & Ave B., on Thomkins Square Park
    http://www.luther95.com/TLESP-NYNY/index.html
    
    From N,R,Q,W (8th Street NYU Stop) and the 4,5 (Astor Street Stop):
      Walk East 4 blocks on St. Marks, cross Thomkins Square Park.
    
    From F&V (2nd Ave Stop):
      Walk E one or two blocks, turn north for 8 short blocks
    
    From L (1st Ave Stop):
      Walk E one block, turn sounth for 5 short blocks 
     
    The M9 bus line drops you off at the doorstep and the M15 is near get
    off on St. Marks & 1st)
    
    To get there by car, take the FDR (East River Drive) to Houston then
    go NW till you're at 9th & B.  Week-night parking isn't bad at all,
    but if you're paranoid about your Caddy or in a hurry, there is a
    parking garage on 9th between 1st and 3rd Ave.

  - Heow


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