An image is a lonely place
Ivan Tomek
ivan.tomek at acadiau.ca
Wed Sep 29 22:01:35 UTC 1999
We have implemented a working MOO prototype in VisualWorks,
mostly just a framework with limited functionality. We are now
designing another version, possibly to be functional around the end
of the year.
Ivan
Date forwarded: 29 Sep 1999 20:49:07 -0000
From: "Luciano Notarfrancesco" <luciano2 at mail.ru>
To: Tom Morgan <tmorgan at acm.org>
Copies to: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
Subject: Re: An image is a lonely place
Date sent: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 00:47:33 +0400
Forwarded by: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
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>
> Tom,
> I've implemented:
> o. speech synthesis (text-to-speech and singing voices)
> o. simple gestures synthesis (2D faces, SouthPark-like toons)
> o. 3D facial animation (the Waters' muscles model)
> I haven't released it yet, but if you want anything of this just
> e-mail me and I will send you a changeset. I think this stuff might be
> useful for you if you want to implement avatars.
>
> Cheers,
> Luciano.-
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Morgan <tmorgan at acm.org>
> To: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
> Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 07:58:02 -0400
> Subject: An image is a lonely place
>
> > I've been noticing how lonesome it is inside an image.
> >
> > There are lots of strong place based/community elements
> > which surround Squeak. These are currently formed
> > by the basic networked apps of email, the discussion Swiki,
> > the mail archives, and so on.
> >
> > There is now lots of machinery which is available which
> > would allow basic collaborative support right inside
> > a running image (and there are some spacey ones imagineable
> > using the 3D stuff that feel like 'Snowcrash')
> >
> > The kinds of things that I have in mind revolve around
> > establishing a sense of 'place', which is shared, 'embodiment'
> > of you the user explicitly some how in the interface and
> > some amount of 'awareness' of the presence of
> > others in the shared place, all done with a light enough
> > touch that we don't end up with avatar fashion shows.
> >
> > In this picture, an Morphic book wouldn't be found by
> > reaching out across the network and loading it; instead, there'd be
> > a more or less far away part of your image (maybe dressed up as an
> > Alice world) that would let you wander around and find the book you
> > wanted. Perahaps the author would hand it to you, if he happened to
> > be around.
> >
> > While working, instead of the discussion Swiki, there'd be
> > small knots of others, gathered around places of interest
> > to them. You could glance around and see if anyone
> > was nearby, possibly interested in what you were up to.
> >
> > Over the course of a few years, I have seen naive users
> > comfortably navigate incredibly complex graph structures, when they
> > are presented with a place based metaphor.
> >
> > I am not sure how universally appealing these interface
> > metaphors are, but they seem to be captivating for
> > at least some portion of the population.
> >
> > I remember one posting about trying to incorporate the ICQ
> > protocols into Squeak.
> >
> > Are there others padding around this collaborative territory?
> >
> > ...Tom M
> >
> >
> >
>
Dr. Ivan Tomek,
Jodrey School of Computer Science
Acadia University
Nova Scotia, Canada
fax: (902) 585-1067
voice: (902) 585-1467
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