[vos-d] Integration of VOS and IRC

[Reed Hedges]

This would be great for people who primarily want to just chat or be
present in the world while doing other work, so they don't want the full
3D world.

It would also make it possible for blind people to interact in the 3D
world.

Reed



On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 01:54:23PM -0400, Peter Amstutz wrote:
> Also something I've wanted to explore is the possibility of creating a 
> semantic representation of a space that is meaningful enough to be 
> navigated from both a MUD-style text interface, while still being able 
> to enter it as a fully 3D immersive world.  You could lay down a node 
> network of positions where the text-user could go, add descriptions to 
> all the objects in the space, and then at each node it would print out 
> the descriptions for things that were nearby.  For example (thinking of 
> the current demo "black sun" world:
> 
> ---
> "You are standing on a hill of brown dirt.  To the north is a large 
> white pyramid with an entraceway.  To the east the hill continues.  To 
> the west the hill continues.  To the south is black nothingness."
> 
> $ Go north
> 
> "You are at the entrace to the Pyramid.  To the north is a hallway with 
> a tiled floor.  At the end of the hallway are ramps leading up and to 
> the east and west.  To west is a doorway."