Re: VRML and Human Interface problems.

Neophytos Iacovou ([email protected])
Sun, 14 May 1995 23:02:24 -0500 (CDT)

Claude L. Bullard writes:
>
> You might add to that concern the time and motions
> required to do simple repetitive tasks. The user
> is only naive for a short time, then they become
> impatient. However, the only danger is overhyping
> the interface which as was the experience with
> AI, disappoints an audience that goes away and
> doesn't come back.

yep, this is a concern, moving in 3D space is never going to be faster
than selecting an item off of a menu. With GopherVR we take the approach
of allowing users to access information from a VR window and from a
menu window - at the same time.

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