Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), August 31, 1988, p. 18

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Page REAL ESTATE OUTLOOK 1988 EJliifi clou In ncoujnfc estimate oft lie oft dome REMAX SUBURBAN REALTY INC REALTOR CONTACT MM TO ARRANGE AN APPOINTMENT Canadian inventors make breakthrough in computer technology Like a futuristic mime the performer on stage plays an imaginary harp The audience watches his live video image on a large television screen where the harp exists as a computet graphic As the mime plucks the strings the harp plays as if it were real a product intro duced by Breakthrough of Toronto is at the beginning of a new wave of computer tech nology called interactive realtime video It is one of the featured exhibits of the Department of the Secretary of States Bravo Canada pavilion in the Queen Elizabeth building at the Canadian National Exhi bition from Aug 1 to Sept 1988 Bravo Canada is a celebration of Canadas geo graphy people spirit and in- ventiveness with exhibits showcasing Canadian ad vancements and inventions The looks some thing like an oversized It is five feet high with a tapered top where the video camera looks out at the per former like a Just below the camera is a televi sion screen where performers can see themselves interacting with the graphics and anima tions When someone stands in front of the their image is projected onto a tel evision screen with a video camera where it is surrounded by computergenerated graphics and animations When the live image ouches the graphic images the graphic reacts by making a sound a visual change or both The concept for LiveBox was inspired by dancer Vin cent John Vincent of Concord Ontario who was looking for ways create visual and sound effects through body movement His idea was translated into software by Francis a Toronto programmer Both the unit and the software are manufactured by Break through Another popular scene is an animation of a ball that can be picked up thrown against a wall bounced and caught As well there will be animated birds hat land on your out- One of the most popular of the graphic screens is a full drum set which is one of the many scenes Breakthrough will have set up on the Live- Box for visitors to sample As the video image of a persons hands pass through the graphic arums and cymbals they play like the real thing Amateur musicians can play wild drum solos just by waving their arms in the air stretched arms and colored paint brushes that slick on your hands Continuous demonstrations of will take place both inside the Queen Eliza beth Building and outside the main entrance from 1000 am to pm daily to allow as many visitors as possible to try out the unit It is just one of the wideranging examples of Canadian in genuity that will be on display at the Bravo Canada ex hibit at this years Ex bow CITY jPt REALTY LIMITED 8532074 FOUNDING OF ACTON Acton was founded by the Adams family in 1 828 The family owned three farms which comprised the whole of Acton including and Fairy Lake When the Adams surveyed their farms into town lots they began to name the streets They named the first Mill Street because it led down to the door of the mill they had on the stream which passed through all three of their farms Two of the brothers and Ezra were Methodist ministers and the name of the road on which their church was built on Rufus Adams farm corner of John and Church Church Street John Wilbur Ransom Maria Agnes and Frederick Streets were named for their children Actons Early Days was used as a reference OPEN HOUSE ELMORE SUNDAY AUG SHOP OH SUNDAY OR ANY OTHER DAY UHll torn MARKET EVALUATIONS GIVEN WITHOUT COST OR OBLIGATION MEMBER OF BOTH BRAMPTON AND BOARDS CALL MARVIN MORGAN FOR YOUR MOVE THIS YEAR DILIGENT SERVICE AND COMPREHENSIVE MARKET PLAN 8532074 We work together for you Halton Hills Milton Areas BARBARA GLENN Milton 8761156 Res 1 8530923 ALEX GLENN JUST RIGHT This Is the one Four bedrooms rec room and excellent landscaped lot Priced to sell at Call today dont be Eale tor this beauty ACRE PICTURESQUE TREED 265500 Nearly square 1 1 acres in Town Milton area minutes from Acton Attractive red brick bungalow with open concept Kitchen also room lor inlaws bedrooms baths Small barn back Call Alex or Barbara Glenn at home PRIME 5 ACRES Outskirts of Georgetown Situated on the corner of No 7 Highway and Trafalgar Road Please call Alex Glenn for details

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