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04/10/2005: "demo of WordsEye in NYC"

Bob Coyne, Lisp and graphics hacker, is speaking in NYC this week.

Bob developed S-Paint and Paintamation at Symbolics. After Nichimen acquired the rights to the Sybolics S-suite, Bob and his group created the Mirai 2D/3D animation system and Nendo 3D modeler.

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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Other references to WordsEys can be found
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=383316