| Wanted: 3D Virtual Reality Developer |
| Need committed and experienced C/C++ Visual Studio 2005 volunteer developer to do the following task:
• Create a simple 3D model of a boardroom (with 6 chairs, a table, and a whiteboard) using a light-weight 3D toolkit
• Create avatars (sitting in the chairs) with fully articulatable virtual necks. Able to direct the head direction via a mouse.
• The avatar's face is a video texture (supplied to you via a shared memory buffer).
• The boardroom whiteboard is a video texture (supplied for you via shared memory buffer)
• The avatar supports spatial audio, in that if an avatar on your left speaks, the sound appears to come from your left.
The overall executable must be small and does not have any external dependencies.
Volunteer must have extensive experience with 3D toolkits and have done something like this before. The task does not require any videoconferencing experience, the videoconferencing module is supplied for you. The volunteer must interface his/her system with the supplied videoconferencing software via a shared memory buffer interface.
Need committed and experienced C/C++ Visual Studio 2005 volunteer developer
to do the following task:
- Create a simple 3D model of a
boardroom (with 6 chairs, a table, and a whiteboard) using a light-weight
3D toolkit
- Create avatars (sitting in
the chairs) with fully articulatable virtual necks. Able to direct
the head direction via a mouse.
- The avatar's face is a video
texture (supplied to you via a shared memory buffer).
- The boardroom whiteboard is a
video texture (supplied for you via shared memory buffer)
- The avatar supports spatial
audio, in that if an avatar on your left speaks, the sound appears to come
from your left.
The overall executable must be small and does not
have any external dependencies.
Volunteer must have extensive experience with 3D toolkits and have done
something like this before. The task does not require any
videoconferencing experience, the videoconferencing module is supplied for
you. The volunteer must interface his/her system with the supplied
videoconferencing software via a shared memory buffer interface.
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2008-03-03 09:37:38
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2007-12-22 00:22:49
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| Dinner with Ray Kurzweil and Aubrey de Grey!!! |
Greetings, fellow Mprize supporters!
We are very happy to invite you to what promises to be an amazing evening of food, fun, and conversation with some of the greatest thinkers in the field of healthy life extension.
On December 8, 2005, in the Boston area, the Methuselah Foundation will be hosting a small dinner party. The guests of honor will be Ray Kurzweil and our very own Aubrey de Grey! The event is free of charge.
Here's the catch: you have to be a Three Hundred member to attend. |
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2005-09-26 08:02:35
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| This Child Is Fighting For Your Life. |
| Avianna Vyff of Austin, Texas wondered what she could do to make the largest possible difference for the good of people everywhere. After hearing from her mom, Shannon Vyff, about the Mprize, a prize fund modeled after the successful Ansari X Prize that encourages scientists to create real anti-aging technologies, she decided to ask grown-ups to donate to the Mprize. So she went door-to-door as the Mprize’s youngest unpaid volunteer fundraiser! |
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2005-09-20 13:54:07
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| Mark and Judy Muhlestein Family Trust Challenge |
| The recent SENS II conference was a huge success and The Mprize one of its beneficiaries. Mark Muhlestein saw the possibility of building on the amazing research presented and accelerating the day when real anti-aging therapies are available by supporting the Mprize and has committed to $25,000 with an offer that expires Jan 1, 2006. |
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2005-09-19 00:00:00
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| Charity auction in support of the Mprize for longevity research a success |
Early Friday morning, Dr. Aubrey de Grey, Chairman of the Methuselah Foundation, announced that Doug Arends of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, bidding for a group of Mprize supporters, had won the once-in-a-lifetime lunch with Dr. Ray Kurzweil, inventor and visionary, author of the recent best-seller _Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever_.
The winning bid came in at US $4,050.00. Dr. Kurzweil himself surprised Mprize supporters by offering a $4000 matching grant, nearly doubling the winning bid and bringing the Mprize fund up to over $1,460,000. |
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2005-07-18 10:06:21
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| Methuselah Foundation Offers Once-in-a-Lifetime Lunch with Luminary Ray Kurzweil |
| The Methuselah Foundation announced today that it is offering for auction a lunch with Dr. Ray Kurzweil, recipient of the U.S. National Medal of Technology, and author of numerous books including “Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough To Live Forever” and “The Age of Spiritual Machines”. The auction will be hosted by industry-leader eBay – the world’s online marketplace for the sale of goods and services – and will run from July 5 through July 14. The auction can be found at: auction.mprize.org |
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2005-07-05 05:48:33
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| Father of Regenerative Medicine Pushes Mprize Over the $1 Million Mark |
In a move that will push the Methuselah Foundation’s M Prize over the $1 million mark, Dr. William Haseltine, biotech pioneer of Human Genome Sciences fame, has joined the Three Hundred, a group of individuals who pledge to donate $1000 per year to the M Prize for the next 25 years. “I am delighted that my decision to join the Three Hundred has pushed the prize fund over its first one million dollars, which I trust is only the first of many millions,” said Dr. Haseltine of his decision. “There’s nothing to compare with this effort, and it has already contributed significantly to the awareness that regenerative medicine is a near term reality, not an IF.”
Dr. William Haseltine’s stature as the father of regenerative medicine - for his research in the field of biomedical genomics - is matched by his reputation as a creative and successful businessman. His commitment to the prize speaks to both its scientific integrity and its viability as a model for encouraging research into the science of curing aging.
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2005-03-08 13:32:20
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| UofA Edmonton Talk A Success |
| It was a wonderful sight to see the 160 seat lecture theatre packed full and people sitting in the aisles at the University of Alberta today when Aubrey de Grey gave a talk entitled The Foreseeability of Real Anti-Aging Medicine: a survey of relevant biotechnologies and likely timeframes. Trying to keep the remote microphones from multiple television stations from getting tangled, de Grey gave an inspiring talk on how emerging scientific methods could soon be able to keep us a lot healthier a lot longer, citing the lack of funding for basic aging research as the major obstacle in the development of real anti-aging therapies. You can download an MPEG of some coverage of the event by CFRN TV here (27MB) or RealPlayer here (6MB). |
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2005-02-15 21:44:04
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| Aubrey de Grey to Speak at the University of Alberta and Calgary |
| While in Alberta to attend the Molecular Recognition of Stem Cellsconference in Banff, Chief Scientist and Foundation Chairman Dr. Aubrey de Grey will be making one day stops Feb 10th and 15th at the University of Calgary and University of Alberta to give a talk entitled "The Foreseeability of Real Anti-Aging Medicine: a survey of relevant biotechnologies and likely time frames" "I would love to see this talk highlight the need and opportunity for a strong biogerontology program at the main centers of learning here in my home province." says UofA student and Foundation volunteer Kevin Perrott. "Aside from the huge need society has to lessen the growing numbers of suffering elderly, real aging interventions will have a huge demand around the world and oil rich Alberta has the resources to develop them. It is no longer a question of if these technologies will be developed, but when, and by who." Please click here for more information. |
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2005-01-13 00:00:00
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