3/13/2008

Videos R Us

We could tell you about our latest news, but it might be easier for you to watch it. YouTube has posted nominees for its second annual YouTube Awards and two Carnegie Mellon videos are in the running.

Computer Science Prof. Randy Pausch's "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," is one of six videos nominated for Most Inspirational, while Johnny Chung Lee, a Ph.D. student in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, and his "Head Tracking for Desktop VR" are nominated for Best Instructional video. Overlooked: Lee's Wii remote merits a Best Supporting Gizmo award, but unfortunately that category doesn't yet exist.

You can vote once a day for your favorite in each of 12 categories and you have until March 19. You know what you need to do. Both of these nominated videos, BTW, are available on Carnegie Mellon's YouTube channel.

Byron Spice