At 09:02 AM 5/17/95 +1000, Nathan McDonnell wrote:
>>And further, How close is the whole paradigm of VRML and 3D interfaces to
>>the Internet, to Gibson's notion of The Matrix.
>Not very.
I would have to disagree. Having just read Neuromancer and just discovered vrml, I see many similarities. What the main character would jack into was a user independent "virtual" representation of the matrix/internet. It seems to me that what I have seen through vrml, World Chat and CI$ virtual demo is the forerunner to what this independent user visualized as the matrix. From a noncomputer industry user it may be easier for me to see these links because I know nothing of the hard science behind it. From a soft science (psychology), which is my area, I know that it takes little coaxing from the five senses to allow the mind to fill in the blanks with individual memories and images to make something more sensible. Which is what the main character did with the information presented to him via his "deck."
Chuck Glover
University of Central Florida
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