Contents

Cover: Virtual environments for investigating science and engineering projects, one of NCSA's major technology directions, is the subject of this issue. Symbols from science and fine art represent the melding of these two knowledge bases that are needed in the creation of interactive, immersive technologies.
Cover produced on a Macintosh IIci using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dimensions, Aldus FreeHand, and a UMAX UC630 scanner. (Concept and illustration, John Havlik; concept and research, Fran Bond)

Contacts Directory

Editor's Note: Virtually experiencing science

• A virtual environments toolset driven by science
• VROOM Scientists on VR
• VROOM Projects
• Step into alpha
• Open your ears to the sounds of chaos
• Virtually seeing geometry
• Truth in science imagery

Research

• ZEUS code simulates comet crashing into Jupiter
• FLASH! World's largest computer simulation of the universe on CM-5

Industrial Program

• FMC receives NCSA Grand Challenge Award

Education

• What's blowin' in the wind? A revolution in education

New Technology

• MetaCenter online information
• NCSA Mosaic international conference
• Letter to NCSA Users

Book Review

• Visualizing nature

Center Activities

• New consulting hours
• Best of the Web '94
• NCSA RealTime: Time to go digital
• Bushell at SIGGRAPH 94
• Ars Electronica award winners