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Eric Johnston

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  • LucasArts

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  • SIGGRAPH 1996

    Eric Johnston is currently the technical lead for LucasArts Entertainment s 3D console development group. Previously at Spectrum HoloByte, as head of their VR group, he developed  Onyx-based games for location-based entertainment applications. As a Macintosh games programmer, his credits include the Mac versions of Rebel Assault, Indiana Jones and the Fate of  Atlantis, Monkey Island 1 and 2, Loom, Pipe Dream, and Putt-Putt Joins the Parade. Eric grad- uated from U.C. Berkeley, with a B.S. in EE and CS. A former windsurfing instructor, he currently spends too much of his spare time on the flying trapeze.  

    SIGGRAPH 1995

    Eric Johnston is currently the technical lead for LucasArts Entertainment’s 3D console development group. Previously at Spectrum HoloByte, as head of their VR group, he developed  Onyx-based games for location-based entertainment applications. As a Macintosh games programmer, his credits include the Mac versions of Rebel Assault, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Monkey Island 1 and 2, Loom, Pipe Dream, and Putt-Putt Joins the Parade. Eric graduated from U C Berkeley, with a B S in electrical engineering and computer science. A  former windsurfing instructor, he currently spends too much of his spare time on the flying trapeze.

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