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Dan Sandin Presents “The Radical Art of the Sandin Image Processor”
Daniel J. Sandin
April 17, 2025

Dan Sandin, inventor of the Sandin Analog Image Processor (IP) participated in a panel presentation on “The Radical Art of the Sandin Image… Read more
EVL’s Daniel J. Sandin Named Keynote Speaker at SD&A
Daniel J. Sandin
February 4, 2025

EVL co-director and professor emeritus Dan Sandin is named keynote speaker at Stereoscopic Displays and Applications (SD&A) 2025 XXXVI. SD&A will be… Read more
Did you know that UIC has a Star Wars connection?
Daniel J. Sandin, Thomas A. DeFanti
May 4, 2024

EVL is that connection! The Laboratory has a long and rich history in the computer graphics - visualization discipline. Founded in 1973 by… Read more
Virtual Talks with Video Activists: Dan Sandin
Daniel J. Sandin
May 27, 2021

EVL founding co-director Dan Sandin discusses his pioneering real-time video performance work created between 1975 and 1978. The virtual event… Read more
Reader reviews “Chicago New Media 1973-1992“ exhibition featuring UIC Electronic Visualization Laboratory
Daniel J. Sandin, Thomas A. DeFanti
November 29, 2018

‘Chicago New Media 1973-1992’ pays tribute to the city’s contribution to video games and digital art EDITOR’S NOTE… Read more
UIC Electronic Visualization Laboratory to be Featured in “Chicago New Media 1973-1992” Exhibition
Daniel J. Sandin, Thomas A. DeFanti
October 15, 2018

OCTOBER 15, 2018 - “Chicago New Media 1973-1992” is a public exhibition, to be held November 1 - December 15, 2018, that illuminates the… Read more
VGA Exhibition Tells Underrecognized Story Of New Media In Chicago
Daniel J. Sandin, Thomas A. DeFanti
December 12, 2017 - December 15, 2018

CHICAGO - VGA announces its ”Chicago New Media 1973-1992“ exhibition, public program and catalogue, in partnership with Gallery 400 at… Read more
EVL has leadership roles in international IEEE Visualization 2015 conference
Andrew Johnson, Angus Forbes, Daniel J. Sandin, Daria Tsoupikova, G. Elisabeta Marai, Jillian Aurisano, Kyle Almryde, Laura Wolf, Maxine Brown, Michael E. Papka
October 25, 2015 - October 30, 2015

The week of October 25, 2015, the international IEEE Visualization (VIS) 2015 conference is being held in downtown Chicago, and the Electronic… Read more
As UIC celebrates 50 years, alumni list top 50 events: Star Wars CGI is one of them
Daniel J. Sandin, Steve Heminover, Thomas A. DeFanti, Larry Cuba
May 27, 2015

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) - back when it was named University of Illinois Chicago Circle… Read more
UIC / EVL is building a camera that sees 360 degrees in 3D
Daniel J. Sandin, Harlyn Baker
November 24, 2014

EDITOR’S NOTE: UIC received a $3 million award from the National Science Foundation entitled “Development of the Sensor Environment… Read more
EVL of UIC Computer Science Department receives new $3 million grant from NSF
Daniel J. Sandin, Harlyn Baker, PI: Maxine Brown, Director of EVL

Co-PIs: Robert V. Kenyon, Andrew E. Johnson, Tanya Berger-Wolf
September 16, 2014

UIC received a $3 million award from the National Science Foundation entitled “Development of the Sensor Environment Imaging (SENSEI)… Read more
ANALOG DREAMSCAPE:
Video & Computer Art in Chicago 1973-1985

Daniel J. Sandin
June 13, 2014

Friday, June 13th @ 7pm University of Illinois at Chicago Institute for the Humanities 701 South Morgan, Lower Level - Stevenson Hall Chicago, IL… Read more
EVL’s Dan Sandin exhibiting at Filmatic Festival at UC San Diego
Daniel J. Sandin
April 24, 2014 - April 27, 2014

Dan Sandin, co-founder and director emeritus of the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is one of the… Read more
A Trip Down Memory Lane
Daniel J. Sandin, Thomas A. DeFanti
March 23, 2011

EDITOR’S NOTE: I’ve heard from several people who were delighted to learn about the retrospective art show “Synthesis: Processing… Read more
Visualization pioneer creates virtual worlds
Daniel J. Sandin
March 16, 2011

Dan Sandin may be Co-founder and Director Emeritus of the UIC Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) and Professor Emeritus of the UIC School of… Read more
Sandin / DeFanti retrospective: SYNTHESIS PROCESSING & COLLABORATION
Daniel J. Sandin
January 14, 2011 - March 11, 2011

SYNTHEISS PROCESSING & COLLABORATION is a retrospective art show by new media art pioneers Dan Sandin and Tom DeFanti, covering a collaboration… Read more
IEEE Virtual Reality 2007
Daniel J. Sandin, Daria Tsoupikova, Helen-Nicole Kostis, Javier Girado, Robert Kooima, Thomas A. DeFanti, Tom Peterka, Xun Luo
March 10, 2007 - March 14, 2007

EVLers participate at the IEEE Virtual Reality 2007 Conference (IEEE VR’07) with the following presentations: Sunday, March 11, 2007 WORKSHOP… Read more
CAVE Inventors Receive IEEE Virtual Reality Technical Achievement Award
Carolina Cruz-Neira, Daniel J. Sandin, Thomas A. DeFanti
March 10, 2007 - March 14, 2007

The inventors of the CAVE - Thomas DeFanti, Daniel Sandin, and Carolina Cruz-Neira have been named by the IEEE VGTC VR Awards Committee as the 2007… Read more
EVL and Calit2 Researchers Share in Two IEEE Virtual Reality Awards
Andrew Johnson, Carolina Cruz-Neira, Daniel J. Sandin, Jason Leigh, Javier Girado, Jinghua Ge, Robert Kooima, Thomas A. DeFanti, Tom Peterka, Jurgen Schulze (Calit2)
March 10, 2007 - March 14, 2007

Please click on this link for the full text of this article San Diego, CA and Chicago, IL, March 16, 2007 - Researchers from the University of… Read more
IS&T / SPIE International Symposium 2007
Brenda Lopez Silva, Daniel J. Sandin, Daria Tsoupikova, Helen-Nicole Kostis, Robert Kooima, Tom Peterka
January 28, 2007 - February 1, 2007

EVLers participate at the IS&T / SPIE 19th Annual Symposium: Electronic Imaging / Science and Technology with the following paper presentations… Read more
EVL’s Varrier Technology Advances
Daniel J. Sandin, Robert Kooima, Thomas A. DeFanti, Tom Peterka
September 27, 2006

EVL researchers, PhD candidates Robert Kooima and Tom Peterka complete advancements in EVL’s Varrier™ Autostereo display system research… Read more
Dan Sandin: 35 Years of Electronic Art
Daniel J. Sandin
March 9, 2006

EVL Co-Director Dan Sandin presents his electronic artwork at the Gene Siskel Film Center, Thursday, March 9, 6:00pm. Sandin is among the leading… Read more
EVL Showcases Research in NLR Exhibit at SC ’05
Alan Verlo, Byungil Jeong, Daniel J. Sandin, Jason Leigh, Javier Girado, Jinghua Ge, Laura Wolf, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown, Nicholas Schwarz, Robert Kooima, Tom Peterka, Venkatram Vishwanath
November 12, 2005 - November 18, 2005

EVL participates at SC|05 as an OptIPuter partner in the National LambdaRail booth (#6003), showcasing hardware and software developed with major… Read more
OptIPuter Exhibited at SC05
Andrew Johnson, Byungil Jeong, Daniel J. Sandin, Jason Leigh, Javier Girado, Jinghua Ge, Lance Long, Laura Wolf, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown, Ratko Jagodic, Robert Kooima, Thomas A. DeFanti, Tom Peterka, Venkatram Vishwanath
November 12, 2005 - November 18, 2005

RESEARCH EXHIBITS Calit2 and Center for Earth Observations and Applications (booth 6107) Transforming Scientific Discovery Through Telecom and IT… Read more
criticalartware [application / platform / concern] DanSandin.interview
Daniel J. Sandin
November 1, 2005

DAN SANDIN Since the late 1960’s Dan Sandin has developed artware systems integrating digitial + analog computers, customized circuits… Read more
The Varrier Autostereoscopic Virtual Reality Display Presented at S2005
Daniel J. Sandin, Javier Girado, Jinghua Ge, Thomas A. DeFanti, Todd Margolis, Tom Peterka
August 3, 2005

EVL co-Director Dan Sandin presents the current research and developments of the Varrier™ autostereoscopic virtual reality display at the S2005… Read more
EVL Lights Up the 105 Megapixel LambdaVision
Alan Verlo, Andrew Johnson, Byungil Jeong, Daniel J. Sandin, Jason Leigh, Lance Long, Luc Renambot, Patrick Hallihan, Thomas A. DeFanti
July 19, 2005 - September 30, 2007

July 19, 2005 - CHICAGO, Illinois - Computer scientists at University of Illinois at Chicago’s (UIC) Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL)… Read more
Visual Music Exhibition Moves to the Hirshhorn Museum
Daniel J. Sandin, Thomas A. DeFanti
June 23, 2005 - September 11, 2005

Originally on view at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Visual Music moves to The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC. EVL co-directors… Read more
Spiral 5, PTL Exhibited at LA - MOCA
Daniel J. Sandin, Thomas A. DeFanti, Larry Cuba
February 13, 2005 - May 23, 2005

Dan Sandin’s early pioneering video artwork is featured in The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles exhibition Visual Music. This major… Read more
Electronic Imaging 2005: The Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality
Daniel J. Sandin, Daria Tsoupikova, Dave Pape, Helen-Nicole Kostis, Josephine Anstey, Julieta Aguilera, Margaret Dolinsky (1960-2025), Kapil Arora, HyeYun Park
January 16, 2005 - January 20, 2005

EVL presents in Electronic Imaging 2005 the following sessions: Collaborative Virtual Environment Art Exhibition January 19, 2005 - 7:30 - 9:30pm PST… Read more
EVL Participates in Virtual Worlds Festival, Brazil
Daniel J. Sandin, Daria Tsoupikova, Dave Pape, Helen-Nicole Kostis, Josephine Anstey, Julieta Aguilera, Margaret Dolinsky (1960-2025), Seung Kang, Tina Shah, Todd Margolis
October 19, 2004 - October 22, 2004

The interaction with computers and extremely complex data, exploring multi-sensorial channels (audition, touch, vision, temperature, sense of smell… Read more
EVL’s Dan Sandin Speaks at Science & Cyber 2004
Daniel J. Sandin, Mary Rasmussen
September 2, 2004 - September 9, 2004

EVL’s Daniel Sandin and Mary Rasmussen will be featured speakers at Science & Cyber 2004 in Umeå, Sweden. Science & Cyber is a… Read more
Jason Leigh Co-Directs EVL
Daniel J. Sandin, Jason Leigh, Thomas A. DeFanti
August 27, 2004

EVL’s Associate Professor, Jason Leigh earns the title of laboratory co-Director. Jason joins the leadership of Thomas A. DeFanti and Daniel J… Read more
Javier Girado’s PhD Thesis Defense
Daniel J. Sandin, Javier Girado
August 25, 2004

Javier Girado will defend his doctoral research, Real-Time 3D Head Position Tracker System with Stereo Cameras Using a Face Recognition Neural… Read more
EVL’s 35 Panel Cylindrical Varrier™ Autostereo Display Prototype
Daniel J. Sandin, Jason Leigh, Jinghua Ge, Javier Girado, Todd Margolis, Tom Peterka
August 20, 2004 - September 20, 2004

EVL has just announced the release of the 35 Panel Cylindrical Varrier™ Autostereo Display prototype. The Cylindrical Varrier™ display is… Read more
EVL @ Networks, Art & Collaboration Conference
Daniel J. Sandin, Dave Pape, Helen-Nicole Kostis, Josephine Anstey, Margaret Dolinsky (1960-2025)
April 24, 2004 - April 25, 2004

EVL participates in a remote VR exhibition in Buffalo, New York, demonstrating the following virtual art pieces: Animagina, BeatBox, Looking for… Read more
IEEE Virtual Reality 2004 :: Open House at EVL
Andrew Johnson, Chris Scharver, Cristian J. Luciano, Daniel J. Sandin, Daria Tsoupikova, Franz Fischnaller, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Thomas A. DeFanti, EVL faculty, students, and alumni
March 29, 2004

Portable, Augmented, and Autostereo: EVL’s Next Generation of Virtual Reality Displays In March 2004, the Electronic Visualization Laboratory… Read more
PARIS Displayed at RSNA 2003
Chris Scharver, Daniel J. Sandin, Greg Dawe, Mary Rasmussen, Nicholas Schwarz, Vaidya Chandrasekhar, Zhuming Ai, Ray Evenhouse, Mark Morita, Steve Fores
November 29, 2003 - December 4, 2003

The PARIS was demonstrated at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2003 Meeting at the McCormick Place Convention Center. Read more
Dan Sandin - EVL Seminar Presentation, Part 2
Daniel J. Sandin
October 26, 2003

Daniel Sandin will make a second appearance at this week’s EVL seminar class to finish answering students’ questions that we didn’t… Read more
Daniel Sandin - EVL Seminar Presentation
Daniel J. Sandin
October 22, 2003

Daniel J. Sandin is director of the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) and a professor in the School of Art and Design at the University of… Read more
EVL CELEBRATES 30 YEARS
Daniel J. Sandin, Maxine Brown, Thomas A. DeFanti, EVL staff and students
June 9, 2003

(June 9, 2003) Chicago - Maxine Brown wrote the following tribute, given at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory’s (EVL) annual picnic… Read more
PANEL The Post-Realistic Age: The Generation of Super Broadband Communication
Alex Hill, Daniel J. Sandin, Franz Fischnaller, Jason Leigh, Pierre Levy, Paul Hertz, Annette Barbier
March 27, 2003 - March 30, 2003

PANEL Date: Saturday, March 29, 2003 Time: 10-11:45 AM Co-presented by University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and Northwestern University (NWU). A… Read more
Version>03 Virtual Reality Exhibition
Alex Hill, Brenda Lopez Silva, Damin Keenan, Daniel J. Sandin, Daria Tsoupikova, Franz Fischnaller, Geoffrey Allen Baum, Helen-Nicole Kostis, Joseph Tremonti, Julieta Aguilera, Petra Gemeinboeck, Seung Kang, Tina Shah, Ya Lu Lin
March 27, 2003 - March 30, 2003

EVL exhibits a number of virtual reality artworks at Version>03 both at the Museum of Contemporary Art, using EVL’s developed C-Wall system and… Read more
Sandin Presents Looking for Water at the III Jornada en.red.ando Conference
Daniel J. Sandin
January 31, 2003

At this year’s III Jornada en.red.ando Conference on ‘Building the Virtual Space’, Daniel J. Sandin, Director of the Electronic… Read more
Girado Presents Latest Face Detection Research
Daniel J. Sandin, Javier Girado, Thomas A. DeFanti
January 20, 2003 - January 24, 2003

EVL doctoral candidate, Javier Girado presents the findings of his latest research in face detection at the IS&T / SPIE’s 15th Annual… Read more
Sandin & Kauffman Present at ArtSci2002
Daniel J. Sandin, Louis H. Kauffman
December 6, 2002 - December 8, 2002

Daniel Sandin and Louis H. Kauffman are presenting their collaborative research, Explorations & Visualizations of Higher Dimensional Julia Sets… Read more
NTT Streams Super High Definition Video From Midwest to West Coast Over High-speed Network
Alan Verlo, Daniel J. Sandin, Thomas A. DeFanti, Donna Cox, Bob Patterson, Stuart Levy, Kleiser Walczak Construction Company, Mikael Forsberg
October 28, 2002

Los Angeles, CA - Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)… Read more
Dan Sandin Presents Video Avatar Research at IPT 2002
Andrew Johnson, Damin Keenan, Daniel J. Sandin, Satheesh Subramanian, Thomas A. DeFanti, Vivek Rajan
March 24, 2002 - March 25, 2002

Dan Sandin will present, “A Realistic Video Avatar System for Networked Virtual Environments”, Rajan, V., Subramanian, S., Keenan, D… Read more
AGAVE Research Funded 2001-2004!
Daniel J. Sandin, Eric He, Greg Dawe, Jason Leigh, Jinghua Ge, Jonas Talandis, Shalini Venkataraman, Thomas A. DeFanti, EVL Graduate Research Assistants
August 8, 2001 - September 1, 2004

The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $700,000 equipment grant to the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University… Read more
Electronic Visualization Laboratory Building First
Daniel J. Sandin, Thomas A. DeFanti, EVL faculty, staff, and students
June 29, 2001

EVL has procured the projectors and screens to build the next generation of the CAVE Automatic Virtual Environment, or CAVE. Months of prototype… Read more
The AccessGrid Retreat 2001
Daniel J. Sandin
January 30, 2001 - January 31, 2001

The AccessGrid Retreat 2001 will consist of short topical papers and informal discussions on technical topics related to the AG. Dan Sandin on behalf… Read more
SPIE Photonics West ’01
Daniel J. Sandin, Greg Dawe, Jason Leigh, Thomas A. DeFanti, Todd Margolis
January 20, 2001 - January 26, 2001

At this conference Dan Sandin presented research on the Varrier auto-stereographic virtual reality display. The goal of this research is to develop a… Read more
Multimedia: From Wagner to Virtual Reality
Daniel J. Sandin
July 1, 2000

Dan Sandin, co-Director of the Electronic Visualization Laboratory finds his place among the ‘Pioneers’ in virtual reality and multimedia… Read more
Immersive Projection Technology Workshop (IPTW) 2000
Andrew Johnson, Chris Scharver, Daniel J. Sandin, Dave Pape, Eric He, Greg Dawe, Jason Leigh, Kyoung Shin Park, Nikita Sawant, Fu Hu Liu
June 19, 2000 - June 22, 2000

The following papers were presented by EVL faculty and students at the IPT Conference. “Deploying VR in an Elementary School - Pipe Dreams and… Read more
Inventors of the Year 2000
Daniel J. Sandin, Thomas A. DeFanti
May 15, 2000

Tom DeFanti and Dan Sandin, co-Directors of the Electronic Visualization Laboratory and inventors of the CAVE, ImmersaDesk and other virtual reality… Read more
Lecture Series at the Santa Fe Art Institute
Daniel J. Sandin, Josephine Anstey
April 4, 2000 - April 12, 2000

Dan Sandin was a visiting artist at the Santa Fe Art Institute invited to give master classes in virtual reality art to small groups of students. An… Read more
Digital Chicago Recognizes EVL’s Contribution
Daniel J. Sandin, Thomas A. DeFanti
March 1, 2000 - April 1, 2000

Tom DeFanti and Dan Sandin, co-Directors of the Electronic Visualization Laboratory are featured in the Digital Chicago magazine article “The… Read more
ASCI Advanced Projector Workshop
Daniel J. Sandin, Ivan Judson, Maxine Brown, Thomas A. DeFanti, B. Bleha, N. Bordes, R. Coffey, J. DiLoreto, J. Friesen, P. Hanrahan, M. Hereld, L. Herr, K. Li, J. Moreland, B. Pailthorpe, K. Schleupen, E. Seibel, R. Stevens, M. Stone, H. Towles, S. Uselton, J. van Rosendale
February 24, 2000 - February 25, 2000

The goal of the ASCI Advanced Projector Workshop was to develop a white paper and roadmap for the accelerated development of next-generation… Read more
EVLers at AUIC
Daniel J. Sandin, Mary Rassmussen
January 31, 2000 - February 3, 2000

Daniel J. Sandin (Co-Director, EVL) and Mary Rassmussen (Co-Director, VRMedLab and EVL alumni) presented the plenary talk, “Virtual Reality… Read more
EVL @ARS ’99
Daniel J. Sandin, Dave Pape, Josephine Anstey, Ka-Leung Jark, Margaret Dolinsky (1960-2025)
January 1, 2000

EVL faculty and students presented a number virtual reality artworks in the CAVE at the 21st ARS Electronic Festival, entitled “LifeScience… Read more
National Computational Science Alliance Chautauquas
Dana M. Plepys, Daniel J. Sandin, Jason Leigh, Johnny Lawson
August 9, 1999 - September 15, 1999

EVL participated as a remote site in the National Computational Science Alliance’s Chautauqua event series 1999. The Chautauqua lectures are… Read more
Second Nature
Daniel J. Sandin, Dave Pape, Jason Leigh, John Landry, Joseph Alexander (1973-2017), Josephine Anstey, Margaret Dolinsky (1960-2025), Samroeng Thongrong, Ya Lu Lin, Muhammad Ali Khan
May 9, 1999 - June 21, 1999

EVL students took part in this exhibition of digital and electronic media art curated by Paul Hertz of Northwestern University. Margaret Dolinsky… Read more
What’s Next at the Walker Art Center
Daniel J. Sandin
April 6, 1999 - April 13, 1999

Dan Sandin was an invited speaker at the Walker Art Center’s lecture series “What’s Next”. His lecture, “Virtual… Read more
N*Vector Collaboration Continues at EVL
Alan Verlo, Daniel J. Sandin, Jason Leigh, Michael Lewis, Ray Fang, Thomas A. DeFanti
February 1, 1999 - February 2, 1999

EVL’s collaboration with NTT and the University of Tokyo continues when researchers from Japan visit EVL to continue work on the N*Vector… Read more
NTT Visits EVL to Implement MediaCruising
Alan Verlo, Daniel J. Sandin, Thomas A. DeFanti, EVL faculty, staff, and students
October 1, 1998

NTT researchers visit to implement MediaCruising. MediaCruising is a prototype advanced networking protocol optimized for streaming media and bulk… Read more
EVLers at SIGGRAPH 98
Daniel J. Sandin, Dave Pape, Gary Lindahl, Hisham Bizri, Josephine Anstey, Jim Costigan, M. Dolinsky, Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Tom Coffin, Christina Vasilakis, Maria Roussou
July 19, 1998 - July 24, 1998

EVL’s participation in SIGGRAPH 98 included virtual reality demonstrations using an ImmersaDesk2 in the “Guerilla VR” venue at the… Read more
EVL at Internet2 Spring Meeting ’98
Alan Verlo, Andrew Johnson, Daniel J. Sandin, Greg Dawe, Jason Leigh, Maggie Hallam, Maggie Rawlings, Dave Pape, Jim Costigan, Tom Frisch, Fang Wang, Abhinav Kapoor
April 16, 1998

Demonstrations of advanced Internet applications hosted by Internet2 and Highway 1 on April 16 will be a highlight of the University Corporation for… Read more
Mediartech 98
Daniel J. Sandin, Dave Pape
March 23, 1998 - March 29, 1998

Mediartech 1998 Digital Renaissance Show featured Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) virtual reality applications showcased on an ImmersaDesk… Read more
Sandin Conducts VR Workshop for MCA
Daniel J. Sandin
January 31, 1998

Experience a hands-on introduction to virtual reality at UIC’s Electronic Visualization Laboratory, CAVE. The presentation by instructor, Dan… Read more
ImmersaDesk2 Commercialized
Daniel J. Sandin, Greg Dawe, Thomas A. DeFanti
January 1, 1998

The ImmersaDesk2, designed and developed at EVL, is a roadworthy (air cargo qualified) version of the ImmersaDesk. With the press of a button, this… Read more
Electronic Immersions
Anna Seeto, Dana M. Plepys, Daniel J. Sandin, Drew Browning, Joe Reitzer, Jonas Talandis, Mark McKernin
September 2, 1997 - October 24, 1997

“Electronic Immersions”, a group exhibition featuring digital and electronic media was displayed at the ARC and Illinois Art Galleries… Read more
Grand Opening of CAVE in the City of Helsingborg
Daniel J. Sandin, Dave Pape, Greg Dawe, EVL faculty, staff, and students
April 1, 1997

The City of Helsingborg is announcing the Grand Opening of a CAVE Spring ’97. A crew from EVL and Pyramid Systems will install / configure the… Read more
The Total Museum Conference
Alan Millman, Dana M. Plepys, Daniel J. Sandin, Dave Pape, Joe Reitzer, Marcus Thiebaux, Margaret Dolinsky (1960-2025), Milana Huang, Tom Coffin, Margaret Watson, Jim Barr, Keith Beu, Joe Insley, Terry Franguiadakis, Jason Leigh, Deb Lowman, Maria Roussou
October 1, 1996

The Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) took part in the Total Museum Conference and Exhibition organized by the Art Institute of Chicago in… Read more
Ars Electronica Center Opening ’96
Alan Millman, Daniel J. Sandin, Dave Pape, Marcus Thiebaux, Margaret Dolinsky (1960-2025), Margaret Watson, Milana Huang, Tom Coffin, Jim Barr, Keith Beu, Joe Insley, Terry Franguiadakis, Jason Leigh, Deb Lowman, Maria Roussou
September 2, 1996 - September 6, 1996

Dan Sandin, Professor of the School of Art and Design and co-Director of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Electronic Visualization… Read more
Global Information Infrastructure (GII) Testbed
Alan Verlo, Dana M. Plepys, Daniel J. Sandin, Gary Lindahl, Thomas A. DeFanti, Greg Dawe, Maggie Rawlings, Jason Leigh, Andrew Johnson, Rita Addison, Dave Pape, Marcus Thiebaux, Joe Insley, Louis Kauffman, Mike Papka, Matthew Szymanski, Maria Roussou
December 4, 1995 - December 8, 1995

EVL took a leadership role at ACM / IEEE Supercomputing ’95 in the organization of the conference’s Information Architecture. This… Read more
VROOM - The Virtual Reality Room :: Exhibition at Siggraph
Andrew Johnson, Dana M. Plepys, Daniel J. Sandin, Gary Lindahl, Jason Leigh, Maxine Brown, Thomas A. DeFanti, Trina Roy, Drew Browning, Robert Kenyon, Dave Adamczyk, Morteza Ghazi, Mihailo Alic, Jim Barr, K. O’Keefe, Dave Pape, C. Cederwall, C. Cruz-Nera, Matthew Szymanski, Sumit Das, Thomas Brown, Maria Roussou, Tom Nawara, Marek Czernuszenko
July 24, 1994 - July 29, 1994

Those who attended the exhibition of VROOM at the proceedings of Siggraph ’94, experienced the possibilities of scientific visualization in… Read more
Supercomputing ’93
Dana M. Plepys, Daniel J. Sandin, Gary Lindahl, Greg Dawe, Maggie Rawlings, Thomas A. DeFanti, Trina Roy, Steven Cohen, Sumit Das, Terry Franguiadakis, Jon Goldman, Randy Hudson, Louis Kauffman, Mike Papka, Alan Verlo
November 1, 1993

EVL’s exhibit at Supercomputing ’93 focused upon experiential science in the CAVE Virtual Reality Theater. Applications demonstrations… Read more
Larry Cuba Uses GRASS for “Star Wars” Computer Graphics
Daniel J. Sandin, Steve Heminover, Thomas A. DeFanti
May 1, 1976

In 1976, visiting artist and technologist Larry Cuba used the GRASS (Graphics Symbiosis System) language developed by EVL director Tom DeFanti during… Read more
Electronic Visualization Event II
Daniel J. Sandin, Thomas A. DeFanti, Phil Morton, Robert Snyder
April 15, 1976

EVL directors Tom DeFanti and Dan Sandin initiated a series of real-time, interactive happenings or events that combined live computer graphics… Read more
IEVE : Interactive Electronic Visualization Event
Daniel J. Sandin, Thomas A. DeFanti, Phil Morton, Robert Snyder
April 15, 1975

Held in the rotunda of the University of Illinois Circle Campus, Science and Engineering South building, EVL faculty, researcher, technologists… Read more
EVL Creates Special Effects for “UFO: Target Earth&rdquo:
Daniel J. Sandin, Thomas A. DeFanti
September 1, 1974

In 1974, EVL’s co-directors Tom DeFanti and Dan Sandin used the GRASS programming language and the Sandin Image Processor to create the special… Read more
Circle Graphics Habitat Founded 1973
Daniel J. Sandin, Thomas A. DeFanti
September 1, 1973 - No Information

In 1973, collaborators Tom DeFanti and Dan Sandin found the Circle Graphics Habitat (former name of the Electronic Visualization Laboratory) on what… Read more

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