Re: Coordinates and Multiuser

Neophytos Iacovou ([email protected])
Thu, 4 May 1995 08:39:03 -0500 (CDT)


v0!d writes:
>
> I live in Los Angeles.
> My PPP ISP is in Phoenix.
> My .html files are on a disk drive in Manhattan.
> The virtual world I created via HTML is a castle in outer space.
>
> Where would you locate *me* geographically?

The first 3 locations aren't relevent, but your castle should be in
outer space. Thats where I would go looking for an outer space castle.

> While the idea of cataloguing and listings is useful, let's not limit our
> options by relying on The Real World as our metaphor.

I was not saying that VR worlds should follow the real world 100%, but
I was saying that if I go to the city VRBayArea I should see all of
the VR worlds that are physically in the Bay Area - and I shouldn't
expect the see the UofMn there, for that I would go to VRMpls.

By doing this you:

1) lay out a foundation for the VR world which makes it easy to
find things in it

2) lay a foundation that will allow places like your space castle to
exist in that still enables me to find your space castle when
I am looking for it

3) Keeps people from fighting about what a "good" spot in the VR world is

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