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Visualization pioneer creates virtual worlds
Participants: Daniel J. Sandin
Medill Reports Chicago, Northwestern University Dan Sandin may be Co-founder and Director Emeritus of the UIC Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) and Professor Emeritus of the UIC School of Art & Design, but his retirement is simply a “repriorment” as he spends more time creating interactive art and advanced display technologies. Sandin’s past and present accomplishments and his philosophy of art and what motivates him are nicely explained in a human interest story written by a science journalism graduate student from Northwestern University’s Medill School. Visualization pioneer creates virtual worlds by Annie Koval Medill Chicago Reports MARCH 16, 2011 - Dan Sandin, co-founder of the Electronic Visualization Lab at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is a pioneer in electronic visualization and virtual reality. Left-brained or right-brained. Dan Sandin leaves such differences in the dust. He’s both technical and creative. A computer science wiz and an artist. A logical and abstract thinker. Sandin, 68, is a pioneer in electronic visualization who helped pioneer virtual reality art. Simply put, computer coding is his palette. He found a place to combine his interests in 1973 when he co-founded with Tom DeFanti the Electronic Visualization Lab at the University of Illinois at Chicago, a graduate research laboratory specializing in advanced visualization, networking technologies and technological art. Read the entire article Email: maxine@uic.edu Date: March 16, 2011 |
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