[OT] Neal Stephenson on OS's
Norton, Chris
chrisn at Kronos.com
Tue Jul 18 16:18:57 UTC 2000
> John Clonts wrote:
"Neal Stephenson, author of "Snow Crash"..." <snip>
Rob Withers wrote:
> I just read that book recently. How far off are we from the Multiverse,
> do you think?
>
[Norton, Chris] We've got a LONG way to go to the Metaverse! Can you
imagine the bandwidth it would take to have 10,000 or so avatars romping
around in a virtually seamless 3D landscape? I know that there has been
significant work done with 3D imaging, but casually mapping a human to a 3D
figure is not trivial. Remember how Hiro's computer tracked his movements
and beamed images into his eyes? He had a sword fight from his bedroom
(storage shed) with somebody in the Metaverse. Just tracking his movements
and translating them into a 3D scene would take unbelievable software...
But, on the other hand, with the human genome project just starting to take
off, I think we'll probably see biohackers in the very near future...
That book is awesome. A must read for people that are into computers and
science fiction!
Cheers,
---==> Chris
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