bluefire@well.UUCP (Bob Jacobson) (12/06/89)
The previously announced period for discussion of the proposed new
newsgroup, sci.virtual-worlds, has almost expired; it will conclude
Dec. 14th. Please get your final comments in.
I have received over 40 emailed comments and/or votes pertaining to
the proposed newsgroup. After consolidating any final comments with
those already in my possession, I will post a summation of the comments
and, on DECEMBER 15, announce a formal call for votes pertaining to
the proposed newsgroup.
Thanks for submitting your comments and please be prepared to vote!
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BOB JACOBSON, Associate Director, Human Interface Technology Laboratory
University of Washington (FU-20), Seattle, WA 98195 USA
(206) 543-5075 (voice), 543-5380 (fax) * bluefire@well.uucp
>> "We can do virtually anything." <<xcbw11c@ucrmath.UCR.EDU (wayne wallace) (12/08/89)
OK guys (and gals!) just to make sure everyone understands the necessity for this newsgroup, aside from indulging our personal GOOD intentions of advancing science and knowledge (MY perogative as a human being) but for all those business people controlling lots 'o $$$$ out there, think of the profits to be made! you can outshine Nintendo (tm, R, copyright,etc.) with superior products! Note: this has been a public service message to get business people on the side of those rooting for *.virtual-worlds. Wayne Wallace, freshman at: xcbw11c@ucrmath.ucr.edu (until my account dies and is resurrected next quarter)
peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) (12/08/89)
I have an idea. Why don't you hold an STV vote to determine the name? There
is a small amount of discussion remaining about the name...
Ballot:
Do you want a virtual reality group? Yes or no:
What name should it have: please list the names you like
in order of preference:
sci.virtual-worlds
comp.virtual-worlds
comp.interfaces
comp.cyberspace
misc.cyberspace
etc...
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'U` Also <peter@ficc.lonestar.org> or <peter@sugar.lonestar.org>.
"If you want PL/I, you know where to find it." -- Dennisxcbw11c@ucrmath.UCR.EDU (wayne wallace) (12/10/89)
In article <2955@ucrmath.UCR.EDU> xcbw11c@ucrmath.UUCP (wayne wallace) writes: |OK guys (and gals!) just to make sure everyone understands the necessity |for this newsgroup, aside from indulging our personal GOOD intentions |of advancing science and knowledge (MY perogative as a human being) but |for all those business people controlling lots 'o $$$$ out there, think |of the profits to be made! you can outshine Nintendo (tm, R, copyright,etc.) |with superior products! | |Note: this has been a public service message to get business people on the |side of those rooting for *.virtual-worlds. | |Wayne Wallace, freshman at: |xcbw11c@ucrmath.ucr.edu (until my account dies and is resurrected next quarter) Apology and/or Retraction: This article was not written in an attempt to trivialize the seriousness of Virtual-Worlds technology. It is also not an attempt to get businesspeople to consider this technology to be a short step to a quick buck. It would help those hardworking people in the University of Washington if SCI.Virtual-Worlds was established, as well as if the businesspeople of the world would look towards a long-term goal that would win much public support rather than the more common desire for short-term gains. (please don't flame, in no way am I inferring or implying that ALL business people care only about short-term gains.) Thank you for your time and remember, a vote for SCI.Virtual-Worlds is a vote to advance the condition of the human race, and our knowledge as well. Perhaps we will even think of people before $$$$$$. Wayne Wallace, freshman at: xcbw11c@ucrmath.ucr.edu (until my account dies and is resurrected next quarter)
marc@noe.UUCP (Marc de Groot) (12/14/89)
In article <7236@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes: > Do you want a virtual reality group? Yes or no: Yes. I want it. > What name should it have: please list the names you like > in order of preference: > > sci.virtual-worlds This is the one I want. > comp.virtual-worlds No. I want to discuss more than the computing aspects of virtual reality. The technology of virtual reality is interdisciplinary. > comp.interfaces Hmm. Might be interesting, but obviously encompasses a lot more stuff than virtual reality. Pull-down menus and obnoxiously small buttons that are hard to push would also go in this newsgroup. Not for me. > comp.cyberspace Both William Gibson and the virtual reality people (I have been told) are unhappy with the apparent mistaking of their creations for each other's. Cyberspace is a place where high-tech low-lifes rip off data for the mob, in Gibson's vision. Virtual reality is a way to expand the possible range of one's experience. Undoubtedly, popular usage of this misnomer will continue. I exhort the net.people to buck this trend by not choosing this name. > misc.cyberspace This one strikes me wrong. It seems clear enough that the emerging technology of virtual reality requires a great deal of application of science. I might argue that tech.virtual-worlds is more appropriate, but far be it from me to suggest another hierarchy... P. S. I just started work at VPL Research. I don't speak for them. This is the way *I* want it. -- Marc de Groot (KG6KF) |"...few people know what to do with a computer. Noe Systems, San Francisco | They decide that running an operating system UUCP: uunet!hoptoad!noe!marc | is a substitute for doing productive work." Internet: marc@kg6kf.AMPR.ORG | -Chuck Moore