Brown University

Brown University is an Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1764 as Rhode Island College, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in New England and the seventh-oldest in the United States. Brown was the first college in the nation to welcome students of all religious affiliations.

Computing projects

Several projects of note involving hypertext and other forms of electronic text have been developed at Brown, including:

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• BrainGate
• FRESS
• Hypertext Editing System
• Women Writers Project

In addition, the Computer Science department at Brown is home to The CAVE, part of the Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Center for Information Technology. This one-of-a-kind project is a complete virtual reality room, one of few in the world, and is used for everything from three-dimensional drawing classes to tours of the circulatory system for medical students.

Related Topics:
The CAVE - Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Center for Information Technology - Circulatory system

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