A Question about Croquet's Philosophy on Multi-user 3D Environments...
Jack Johnson
fragment at nas.com
Wed Feb 12 18:42:46 UTC 2003
Alan Kay wrote:
> Great questions. Why don't you propose some scenarios for the issues
> you think are most important.
>> In auditorium settings you do not want your view blocked, nor to be
>> located so far away from the activity so that it cannot be seen,
>> nor do you want positioning or sound interference. Should we
>> provide presence and viewing w/o avatar representation for packing
>> everyone in together?
I think this is a great idea.
It would be nice to have maybe an alternate avatar representation, like
Tinkerbell(R), where your presence can be known but your physical volume
is limited. That way, as a presenter, you would know if you're speaking
to ten people or ten thousand (the mind boggles), but in an interactive
presentation ("Can I have a victim from the audience?") your presence
avatar would become a traditional avatar for interactive purposes.
-Jack
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