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Thomas Meyer is a College of Computing alumnus from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA, where he graduated in 1995 with a Master's degree in Computer Science and in 1993 with a B.S. in Computer Science with Highest Honor. Working with Dr. Larry Hodges, he was a founding member of the Virtual Environments Group at the Georgia Tech Graphics, Visualization & Usability Center.

He now works with Alias|Wavefront at Silicon Graphics, Inc., in Mountain View, California, developing the 3D Graphics software. Click here for Tom's home page at SGI.

Tom's interests are in the field of interactive 3D computer graphics. He also has extensive experience in the area of 3D modelling and design techniques for virtual environments and animation. He is a fan of Coca-Cola, CD changers, Open Inventor, travelling, skiing, warm weather, and Disney Everything.

Click here for Tom's resume.



Tom's Research Projects

Tom's research work at the GVU Center includes:
The Virtual Venues Project: Exploring Techniques for 3D Annotation Hyperlinking within a VR HyperEnvironment
The Open Virtual Environment: Object-Oriented Open Inventor Mini-Toolkit for Virtual Reality

Tom's past projects include:

Naval Research Virtual Environment: Virtual Reality for Fire Testing and Training Simulation (Conducted at the Naval Research Laboratory)
The Design Virtual Environment: Virtual Reality for Design Education (This page includes an MPEG movie of the project video.)
The Phobia Project: Virtual Reality Graded Exposure for Acrophobia Treatment (This page includes an MPEG movie of a project video.)
Deus Ex Machina: 1993 SIGGRAPH Electronic Theatre Computer Animation
Ray Tracing Efficiency Techniques for Computer Graphics: Subject of 1993 Sigma Xi Research Paper Award

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Graphics, Visualization, & Usability Center
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Georgia Institute of Technology
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