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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>WRITERS, ARTISTS, MEDIA-PHILES -
and those interested in the distance between perception and reality - <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Have a little lunch (12:30 PM)
and then enjoy a presentation and discussion with Donald Hoffman and Perry
Hoberman. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Take this opportunity to
experience the cognitive illusions and constructions that keep us oriented (and
misperceiving) in our daily operations: deconstructing reality has its
benefits. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>THE UC RIVERSIDE MELLON WORKSHOP on<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>SCIENCE AND THE ARTS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>2008-2009 presents:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>CREATING ILLUSION: VISION, PERCEPTION & 3-D TUESDAY,
MAY 19th 1:00-3:00 PM - HMNSS 1500<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>DONALD HOFFMAN, UCI<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Ph.D. ( MIT) professor of Cognitive Science, Computer
Science, & Philosophy at the UC, Irvine. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Distinguished scientific award from the American
Psychological Association, Troland<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>Research
Award /US National Academy of Sciences; author `Visual Intelligence: How We
Create What We See<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>PERRY HOBERMAN, USC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Associate Research Professor in the Interactive Media
Division of the School of Cinematic Arts at USC Center for Stereoscopic
Imaging: lead researcher; installation and performance artist throughout USA
and Europe. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Recipient of both Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundations
fellowships<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Hoffman: The Interface Theory of Perception<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Hoberman: Depth Deception<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>A goal of perception is to estimate true properties of
the world. A goal of categorization is to classify its structure. Aeons of
evolution have shaped our senses to this end. These three assumptions motivate
much work on human perception. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Hoffman and Hoberman will present a series of visual
demonstrations and exercises that provide ample evidence that our everyday
perceptions of the world are far more expedient than accurate. In fact, one
could make the case that all visual experience is a kind of non-stop optical
illusion. In particular, our perception of depth is a kind of makeshift
assemblage of protocols, rules and habits that conspire to give us the sense of
a direct and consistent experience of three-dimensional space. Stereoscopic 3D
images are particularly useful for delving into the particulars of perception,
due to the fact that each eye’s image can be isolated and manipulated.
The counter-intuitive nature of this new understanding of perception has
important ramifications for art, design, narrative and experience.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>HMNSS 1500 — 1:00-3:00 PM<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Join us for light lunch 12:30-1:00 and reception
following <a href="http://www.perryhoberman.com">www.perryhoberman.com</a>
& <a href="http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/">www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/</a>
Questions? Please contact Brenda Varda at <a
href="mailto:bvard001@student.ucr.edu">bvard001@student.ucr.edu</a> FREE AND
OPEN TO UCR STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF Parking permits are available at the
University Information Kios<o:p></o:p></p>
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