[vos-d] Integration of VOS and IRC

[Ken Taylor]

Yes! Accessibility in 3d virtual worlds would be *huge*. As far as I know,
no one has done anything like this yet... (and if they have, I would really
like to check it out).

-Ken


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> 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.
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> It would also make it possible for blind people to interact in the 3D
> world.
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> Reed
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> 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:
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> > ---
> > "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."
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