Eric Haseltine
Vice President, Walt Disney Imagineering
This talk discusses and demonstrates how information overload can be attacked by communicating with people through the emotional channel. Instead of looking at information spaces as cognitive constructs, we see them as emotional constructs. Information processes and bottlenecks are modeled accordingly. The talk will use many examples, including from animation, advertising, and music.
Eric C. Haseltine is Vice President of Research and Development at Walt Disney Imagineering, Disney's R&D division, where he oversees key technology initiatives and manages the Virtual Reality Studio. Prior to joining Disney in 1992, Eric Haseltine held several management positions in Hughes Aircraft Co., including Director of Engineering for the Training and Support Group and Chairman of the Display Technology Management Council. Eric Haseltine also has extensive experience in aircraft simulator programs.
Eric Haseltine has a BA in Economics and Psychology from University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD in Physiological Psychology from Indiana University.