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Show Thursday, November 4 - The Daily Utah Chronicle 16, 199; ft Architecture Enters Virtual Reality created by feeding! algorithms into computers. Novae said how these worlds are created implicates that "things such as beauty might actually Program at the University of Texas at Austin, lectured Tuesday at the University of Utah Museum of Fine Arts. With a kaleidoscope of slides and videos at his fingertips, Novae conjured images of virtual environments as viewed through a person's consciousness as he or she might maneuver through cyberspace. COBIE SPEVAK Chronicle Staff Writer Virtual reality is quickly becoming a undeniable reality, according to Marcos Novae. In a kind of survival of the fittest, the world and most must caliimportantly architects brate themselves with this innovation in order to keep abreast of technology. Novae, assistant professor and director of the RealityLab and Advancement Design Research - In one milieu, cities -names of disaster-stricke- n Sarejevo, Carthage, Kobe, Beirut -floated above imaginary, architectual-l- y impossible constructions. These and other fantasy worlds are fourth-dimension- have an objective dimension that might not entirely be in the eye of the beholder". With the help of cyberspace Novae said, architects can for the first time construct an architecture that is in keeping with the world. "The important thing about architecture is that it is changing into an art form that might not be about physical al 0 tuufi w CLUB IviAJSTHAXXAISr Jot 3btninp & 2)ancinf pLadure Monetary: Disco Nrgjhrt Tuesday. Top 40rs, 8o's Nigfrt Wednesday: Karaoke Nigjhrt Cash Prizes Thursday: Acid Jazz Deep House Friday G Saturday: The Beverly Brothers Live jazz Sunday Kim Lee Presents Falcon Productions Karadke Talent Search Minus Tracls vvelcome 8 pm 12 midnight virtu-alitie- s, space," he said. It is essential, according to Novae, for both teachers and students of architecture to begin adjusting themselves to the new technology of "transmitting architecture". Novae also commented on the advantages of cyberspace and virtual reality as a whole; While television and other media are passive experiences that lack interaction, he said, virtual reality is capable of transmitting space and place anywhere in the world. People can meet and have conversations without leaving their com- puters. "What is being created is a new public realm," Novae stressed. In a period Novae lecture, following the addressed the importance of even bothering with an "unreality" like . question-and-answ- cyberspace. " I think in any kind of art - and I consider architecure an art - there is the issue of exploring the unimaginable or impossible," Novae said. "There is no purpose, explicitly, in these places - everything is connected and there is the intention to make Flats indi-recd- -- I I ii J!L i PRIflE OPTIOn. iiiasterCard aSe y subsidized housing. No one has taken more heat for the sweetheart deals than Juppe. His pop- - ii 4 Prime Option MasterCard is Ready to assist you with Immediate employment and W J iv Photo Illustration by Jeff Beckstrand Virtually Real: Marcos Novae told students that success in the architectural world is survival of the fittest. Architects must acquaint themselves with virtual reality in order to keep abreast of technology. everything rich and not clear." Novae added that if the creator of virtual worlds doesn't impose hierarchy or order, the participant of cyberspace is allowed to fully experience those worlds. 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