Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2019-05-10
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Hello again everyone. KoolTurk, that actually makes lots of sense. I noticed that after awhile, when I quit miriani that it would send you an email saying something along the lines of hey, you've been inactive for thus and so number of days or months, and if you don't log in with in a certain number of days your account would be completely deleted. So I think I'll do something along those lines but yes I can see right where you're going with that. Also, I've decided to put one pre-built city on planet Utopia for when you first arrive in the world after creating your avitar. You'll arrive in a visitor's complex and a guide would walk you around and teach you about all of the different things to do to earn credits and have fun in the world of NewDawn including how to put on events if you so wish. I can't think of a name for this city though but I suppose that will come in time. Also, I've decided that since this world of ours is set in the Milky Way galaxy, I've decided that you'll be able to visit all of the planets that are currently known and that everyone knows about. Why not right? and you'll of course be able to visit other galaxies as well with your warp drive. You'll have quantum drives too in order to help you get from one planet to another faster and you'll be able to land anywhere on the planet you so wish. You just plot a course to where you want to go and fly there. And I'm going to try my menu idea for building buildings and structures, but I also have another idea for buildings that I think might work better as far as modules go. Since I'm going to have ships that can carry vast numbers of people in them to colonize other planets anyway, you'll have the ability to load space stations and other structures in the bays of your ship and then set them up when you arrive at your destination and then you'll be able to connect other modules to them once they've been set up and are running. I'm also planning on still having the dynamic voice stuff so that when you're talking with one another in world, you'll sound like you're actually there. If and only if I can pull that part off. I'll go over all of that with Anne though when she comes so I'll keep you all posted. Loads of wonderful stuff here guys and I thank you one and all for every bit of it. This is fun, and I think we're going to have fun together. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/432645/#p432645 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2019-05-09
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : kool_turk via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Another suggestion to add to the subscription model, again I'm borrowing from Netflix.If for whatever reason you choose to unsubscribe, don't delete the account straight away.I read somewhere that Netflix deletes your profile after 12 months of inactivity, so if you're going on holiday somewhere in the real world, you obviously wouldn't need to pay for something you're not going to use for a few months.Alter aeon for example, keeps your account for 6 months of inactivity.I'm sure others do something similar.I know about Alter Aeon because I got curious one day and simply asked.It's quite easy when the admin comes out and chats to their players. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/432589/#p432589 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2019-05-09
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality You know what KoolTurk, you really do have me thinking right now. And I just want you folks to know that you have this really neat way of making me reconsider ideas when I'm possibly making things more complicating than they really ought to be, and you do it by offering really nice suggestions that really make me do just that. Rethink my strategy. Because as you know, I not only want to build us a fun and interesting world but as I said in a recent post, one that'll have staying power and not just blow away in a year or so like dmnb did. That poor fellow was so overworked and there were these huge buildings with absolutely nothing in them and big empty spaces in the buildings, walls with gaps in them as though a house were being built and never finished, really a shame but I digress. I can see now that a subscription model is going to be the way to go. I had hoped to avoid such a thing but I can see now thanks to post #59 that I'm going to have to do that in order to make this world stay afloat. Thank you connor for helping me to see where I was going wrong, I mean that with all do sincerity. I can promise everyone this though, I will keep my subscription afordable and I'm thinking of having an anual subscription where you'll be able to have the subscription auto renew at the end of your subscription before it expires, but should you wish you don't want to stay around, you can uncheck the auto renewal box and your subscription would expire and your account would be deleted. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/432510/#p432510 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2019-05-08
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : kool_turk via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality I think Elder Scrolls has a subscription model that gives you DLC for a discounted price as long as you're subscribed.My brother use to be subscribed, but he found he wasn't using the perks that much so he unsubscribed.Another alternative you could do is have a season pass, but I kind of like the subscription model, that way you can decide when you no longer wish to use it.Besides, most companies are opting to use the subscription model, I see no reason why you can't do the same.I don't know how muds like alter-aeon have stayed a float for all these years, donations? or premium content you have to pay for, I haven't played it for years, the grinding got on my nerves so I stopped playing.Anyway, these are just my thoughts for now.If it was me, I'd go with the subscription model.You could even have different rates for different levels each accessing more premium content, like netflix has with the one screen standard definition, then you've got the next level up, which most people use, that being HD and two devices at once.Then you've got the four devices, plus 4K plan.Obviously this isn't Netflix, I'm just using this as an example. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/432335/#p432335 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2019-05-08
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Hello there again everyone, karate25 here again. I hope I didn't scare you all away with the whole paying real money for virtual items idea, it's just that post 59 made a good point about how to keep our world going for the long haul. I don't want this world of ours to be just another thing that's around for only a few months or maybe even at the very most a year or so, I want this thing to really stick around and have staying power behind it. And I'm going to do what ever that takes but believe me, this will not be one of these pay to get ahead worlds but I will have to do something to keep money comeing in for it. I'm really looking forward to speaking with Anne later on this summer and going over a possible partnership, and she is absolutely delighted at the prospect of working together. She, like me feels that this will not only be a wonderful contribution to the blind gaming community but also a terrific display piece to show the rest of the gaming industry that hey, we are intelligent enough to play video and computer games with our sighted counterparts as well as live inside of a virtual world completely independently too. I'm just doing my small part to help build us up some steam in this accessibility train and get her moving a little further and faster down the line if you know what I mean. And if I have to outsource the work to get it done and bring it into reality then gosh darn it all, I am going to do it. Have a wonderful day and any sorts of ideas that you think would be good for contests that we could have, or events that we could hold inworld to raise real money would be greatly appreciated. I'd like to make this as interactive and as fun as I can. I'm going to sit here after I finish writing this post and work some more on my outline. I can see I'm going to have to step it up if Anne's going to want to speak to me this summer. Man, I'm excited. Have a wonderful day to you all and keep those ideas flowing because when and if the work does start, I'll be sending my team to this very forum and thread. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/432212/#p432212 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2019-05-07
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Hello there again everyone, karate25 here again. post #59? I completely hear you, and the reason I agree with you so quickly and easily is because I spoke with Anne this morning to get her opinion on the whole cripto currency thing and she said that it would basically open our world completely up to hackers and I am absolutely not going to do that to anyone, so I'm leaving the currency system just as it is, and I like the idea of encouragements and incentives for people to donate. What do you think of contests that could be held? maybe something like different kinds of land masses that could be purchased? I was thinking along those kinds of lines and-or maybe even just offering different kinds of packages at different times of the year for the different holidays. I could have a store inside the client that you could access through a menu, and you would get updates as to when these packages would be available. Maybe I could just set up a store and put some items in it that would be worth real money and people could purchase them whenever they so wished. What do you think of that idea? also, Anne tells me that she's absolutely delighted with the prospect of working with me to bring this world into reality, and hopefully this summer, we'll be able to sit down and talk about what an agreement would look like. She'd like me to come to their lab, but since transportation is such an issue, she has agreed to come to me and have our chat here at my house. Between you and I though, I would love to visit their lab if only I could lol. Keep your fingers crossed that we get to work together, and I even told her about Microsoft's free plugin that would really help to make our world really usable for us. I'm also going to ask about making it available on the Xbox if at all possible, but will be happy if we even get to build it and will be content with having it only on pc. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/432034/#p432034 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2019-05-07
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : connor142 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality @58 I fail to see your reasoning here. What would blockchain technology provide for a game other than a fancy way of handling currency? I don't see a need for such a thing, all you really need is to create a virtual currency like credits and give the items you can buy according values, and of course giving the player opertunities to earn the currency by spending time and doing activities within the world. I don't think there's a point to the creation of a full cryptocurrency. Also, I doubt something like this can simply run off one-time access fees. If this is going to be at least a little sustainable, there has to be some encouragement or insentive for the player to give money. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/431979/#p431979 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2019-05-07
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Hello everyone, karate25 here again with a quick question about our virtual world and its currency that I just wanted your feedback on. I'm actually thinking of switching from an all virtual currency to using a blockchain. My reservation about this however is that if I decide to have this implemented, I don't want it to break the accessibility in our world in any way what so ever, which is why I wanted to check with you guys first. Also, if I did decide to have this implemented, it would still be easy to earn money inside the game, and putting real money inside the world to do anything would be completely and totally optional and you would absolutely not have to do it in order to live your life. This isn't iron realms entertainment here, this is our virtual world and there won't be any sort of loot boxes or any sorts of pay to get ahead stuff or pay to win functionality since there really is no winning or losing in our virtual world. At the very most, I might have to have you pay a one time small fee that would get you the world itself but beyond that, nothing else. So you could think of it as just making a video game or computer game purchase, and if I did that I would keep us in mind when I set the price. So what do you all think of this? I just think it would give our world some more realism in it. We've got time too honestly, Anne says their program won't be up and running for a year or more, and this was a couple of months ago, so I'm still sitting here comeing up with ideas for our world and things to go in it. I like the idea though of having history behind each of the planets though as far as when and why they were colonized Etc. Lots of good feedback on here and I thank you one and all for it. I might not be able to incorporate everyone's suggestions, but this is still all good stuff none the less. Have a wonderful day to you all and I look forward to hearing your feedback. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/431956/#p431956 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2019-03-08
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Hello there again everyone, karate25 here again. Post 55, I like your idea of creating things and then selling them which you would of course be able to do since the world is definitely going to be online so that we can all interact with one another which was the whole point in the very beginning. And I'm thinking of things like having a menue driven system for building things possibly as an option for making items. The world will run in real time by the way with day and night cycles. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/417226/#p417226 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2019-03-08
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : annellin via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality I know that it's completely different from a mud. I tried second life but gave up on it pretty fast. Hopefully your world will turn into reality. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/417212/#p417212 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2019-03-07
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : sirpdex via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Hi, What about having your own version of Cortana which would scan and describe objects and items that you are currently viewing and give you detailed distance like a navigation system. If every item and building is tagged it should make things a lot easier. I am not a programmer but I am guessing this is quite difficult. My other question is, is this world going to be online and allow other users to interact with each other. Or off-line and allow people to do what they like freely. If it is online based it could be pretty interesting that you could build up and sell your items to other members. Vehicles, properties, food et cetera And why limit yourself by not having a story you could have expansion packs . Which could introduce origin stories that can explain how we gain access and discovered these planets and technology . The game could end up being 100 times better then what no man sky try to be Lol. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/416857/#p416857 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2019-03-05
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Kool_turk, I know this world won't exactly be what second life is, but I'm doing my very best to come up with something enjoyable for all of us to live in and enjoy. No, you're right, it might not come to fruition but then again it very well may from the way Anne sounds. If it doesn't though, I'm prepared for that even though it would be a very disappointing blow. Rest assured though that I'm doing everything in my limited power to see that this world of ours comes to be a thing and that we all enjoy it. I can read your skepticism and you have every right to be so but please know that I'm trying as hard as I possibly can to make this a reality and all that I ask of you is to be constructive and kind. I decided long ago that I didn't want this to be a text-based world, on that you and I can both completely agree and no, text life doesn't sound good at all I agree there too. Also, there aren't going to be any cash shops or loot boxes of any kind in our world. Have a wonderful day to you all. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/416420/#p416420 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2019-03-04
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : kool_turk via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality @ 50, that's what I like about second life, it isn't set in a certain time period, instead it's made up of many worlds, if you wanted to go to Middle Earth, or Narnia, or Westeros, if someone created it, you could go there.I doubt this world would come to half of what second life has, if it even gets created in the first place.We could do all of this now, with text, but text isn't virtual reality or immersive.To be immersive with text, you would need to be a really great writer, something which I'm not, but at least you won't need to worry about 3d audio or the perfect sound effect.Text life, anyone? doesn't really have a nice ring to it. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/416381/#p416381 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2019-03-04
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Well actually, I was trying to figure out a way to do creation like building and things and I actually think that menues would be the way to go. I know it may disrupt the immersion somewhat, but quite honestly I don't really see a way around it unless some of you might have some suggestions. Also, since you don't seem to like the idea of having a cerebral computer implant I was thinking more along the lines of kiosks that you could set up inside of different cities that would let you look for payed tasks to do Etc. I just wonder how star citizen actually handles their mobiglass feature since that's a device that remains with your character at all times and can be used like a futuristic smart phone. I'd love to have some sort of similar device like that in our world. So if any of you guys have suggestions or ideas that I might be able to pull that off, please let me know and bounce them my way. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/416339/#p416339 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2019-03-04
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : CAE_Jones via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Methinks you've missed the point entirely . The difference between a MUD and Virtual Reality is more like the difference between reading a Star Wars novel, and going to Disney World to ride Star Tours. One is just words, the other was flippin' awesome in 1997 but simulators like that got way better by the time Universal's Islands of Adventure added that Spider-man ride, and the Nicktunes ride might possibly have beaten it (as much as being dragged around by Spongebob Squarepants can be considered realistic).I say "more like", but that's pretty much exactly the difference. Games are interactive, whereas the books and rides are not, but the difference in the experiences are the same.I need to go back and reread what was said regarding UI for things more easily handled via menus. I will point out, though, that VR is all about immersion, and menus aren't very amenable to immersion. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/416230/#p416230 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2019-03-04
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : annellin via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality This idea is great. but... You know... If there's something that i wonder, that is. Why do we need to have this game take place in the future? There are already space based games, Alright, muds, like cosmic rage, miriani etc, so...I'm just curious.You'll give the player the option to buy or create clothes, items etc by say, using a menu of options? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/416214/#p416214 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2019-03-03
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : Naruto via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality sounds neet. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/416121/#p416121 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2019-03-03
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Yes indeed, it will be playable on pc which is why I'm thinking it out this way. It'll be similar to second life in that there's not really a storyline just as you guys all said you wanted and I agree, rather like the outline says, you're pretty much free to live your life as you see fit. I'm not really planning any sorts of scripted quests or anything, in fact, people will be able to post contracts and bounties and other people would be able to fill them in real time and get payed. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/416036/#p416036 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2019-03-03
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : Naruto via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality so, how would we play same game, would it be playable VIA pc? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/415958/#p415958 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2019-03-02
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Thank you. I'm trying to find that happy medium that everyone is happy with and writting down ideas so I'll have something to give my team if I'm able to put this all together and if Shenandoah is willing to take this kind of a project on. I'm sincerely hoping they do and so does professor Marchant. So since you seem to like my outline thus far, I'll keep going with it and continue jotting down ideas and keep those ideas comeing if you think it needs them. I'll continue to share the outline with you as I put ideas down on digital paper and get your feedback on them. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/415772/#p415772 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2019-03-02
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : hannes via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality This sounds so cool URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/415721/#p415721 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2019-03-02
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Hello there again everyone, karate25 here with an update on our virtual world called NewDawn. I've reworked the outline a little taking into account that the general consensus of the community seems to be that you would rather not have any sort of storyline but rather just a big open virtual world in which you're pretty much free to do as you choose. So all I've done here is to simply set the time period in which the world is set, and layed out some basic stuff here and I'm going to put it all here in this post for you to read and you can then give me your feedback on how to improve it. Since this is will be our world, let's build it together and I'll have plenty of things to give to Anne when next we speak. Have a wonderful day to you all and I hope you enjoy this new outline a bit better and of course it'll expand with your input and feedback.In the world of NewDawn, the setting is in the 30th century but other than the time setting for the world, there is no storyline to speak of, NewDawn is just that. A virtual world in which you will create your own human avatar, known from here on as a colonist and you will begin your new life on a wonderfully peaceful planet called utopia. An earthlike planet that was discovered deep within the Milky Way galaxy. The in world currency will be in the form of credits and you’ll be free to do pretty much anything you wish. Starships will have warp drives which will allow them to warp between galaxies and can be purchased at starship stores. Housing will be another wonderful and plentiful thing on Utopia taking on the form of such structures of land-based habitation complexes or individual family housing pods, or for those who might wish to live with more than a bit of a view can choose to live in their own orbiting space station whether that station is an individual family unit or an entire community of colonists. Finally you’ll even be able to build habitation under water should you so wish using devices called water breathers which quite literally work like a set of fish gills, removing the oxygen from the water around the wearer and then allowing them to breathe using a small hose and nose plugs and mouthpiece. The nose plugs keep water from entering the nose but also will allow the wearer to breathe through his or her nose. Speaking some more on starships, they’ll have several roles from something as simple as moving cargo from one planet or system to another clear up to hospital ships with multiple beds inside them and even ships that can be used as homes for those who don’t like to stay in one place for too long. If you should decide that you don’t want to live on Utopia, you are of course very free to colonize other planets if you so wish as well even having the ability to terraform planets that are not currently habitable. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/415686/#p415686 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-12-03
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Hello there again everyone, karate25 here. Connor142 I think I like ideas number 1 and 3 of your suggestions and I'll consider them both and decide on one of them but I like the first and third of those suggestions. All sorts of wonderful ideas coming in and I'm going to stick with not having a storyline with our world. It'll be just that, a world in which we all can live. I like #32's suggestion as far as that went. Why make things more complicating than they need to be. I'm thinking too of giving the colonists the ability to build and found our own cities if we so wish. Have a wonderful day to you all and this is so much fun. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/396661/#p396661 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-12-03
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : connor142 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality The question of ftl travel is a good one. Just remember that as far as we know, there’s absolutely no way to go faster than light directly. The only ways I know that ftl would make sense is to either add one or more of the following:1: ftl capable starships have a way to fold time and space, like a warp tunnel, vastly shortening your interstellar travel time.2: starships have the ability to create wormholes, triangulate the exit wormhole out of the infinit possibilities there are, and carry the ship through. Would drain a lot of power so jumps would have to be done wisely.Or 3: a system contains a jumpgate station that permanently maintains a wormhole. Galactic gates would do a similar thing but on a larger scale to fasilitate galactic travel. Not free to use, but players could set up and run a gate themselves that could provide income. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/396581/#p396581 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-12-03
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Hello there everyone, karate25 here again and I am absolutely going to check out that youtube channel right now. If you mean by ftl travel are we going to be able to travel between galaxies the answer is absolutely we're going to have that. It just wouldn't be a futuristic world without starships that can travel between galaxies now would it? lol. We're going to have fun with this and I'm having it right along with you. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/396571/#p396571 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-12-02
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : Utopian via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Have a look at the science and futurism with Isaac Arthur YouTube channel for reallistic ideas for future technology.Will there be ftl travel? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/396525/#p396525 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-12-02
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Hello again everyone, so sorry I didn't put this in my last post so I'll say it now. Imagining stuff, you had asked about the currency in our virtual world. I'm thinking that our currency is going to be credits since that seems to be the universally accepted currency for futuristic virtual worlds and games such as ours. There'll be plenty to do here when I'm through. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/396475/#p396475 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-12-02
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Well, you've actually touched on one of the things that I was going to put into the world. I was going to have bio domes where you could grow all manner of crops big and small. Everything from fruits and vegetables such as those found in your backyard garden, clear on up to fruit trees, so I suppose that you could have livestock inside of one of your bio domes. And as for shops, these aren't shops that you're used to where you're walking around in them scanning the shelves, but rather, they're shopping kiosks that you stock with goods and they're all computerized. So I hope this answers some of your questions. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/396412/#p396412 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-12-02
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : imaginingstuff via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality I'm curious about the currency and what if we want a farm or something like that? Can we muy livestock and sell eggs, that sort of thing? Do I have the concept right? Also why not have certain words display certain things, if you can put a sound in it you can put a word spoken in it, like Green door or rosebush or blue cheese, whatever it is. Say I'm zipping through a virtual store and as I examine the shelves it says bread or milk or something of the sort. There can't be sounds for all of that, truly blue cheese is a rather quiet sort.A URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/396406/#p396406 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-12-02
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Hello there everyone, karate25 here. Now don't say that Kool_Turk, it's not a moot point about building, I think I am going to have building in our world but it'll be done by machines I think. In other words, if you have the credits to build a building, you can have it built and I'm even going to give you the ability to purchase buildings and empty land too so you can build on it. As a matter of fact, I'm just going to scrap the outline I've got right now since quite frankly there isn't much of it, and start fresh now that we know there won't be a storyline but rather just a world that you're living in and I'll simply focus on things to do inside the world that you can do to make which ever kind of life for yourselves you so choose. Have a wonderful day to you all and we'll keep this all going after I've redone the outline. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/396398/#p396398 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-12-01
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : kool_turk via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Sounds good, although someone could probably make a bomb and distroy a building that way.But this sounds like we won't be able to make our own stuff so it's probably a moot point. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/396327/#p396327 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-11-30
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality That I'm not completely certain about Conner. I was actually thinking of a sort of a learning by doing sort of sanario where you could start to simply use a skill and then you could research that skill with your cerebral computer and raise it up. I haven't even written that part down yet in my outline but I will tomorrow morning at some point when I've thought some more about it and let you all know. Good point though and well taken. I appreciate all of your help thus far as well as the suggestions by the way in case I haven't told you that yet I'll say it now. Thanks so much. You guys are really proving to me that you really would love to see this come to reality and I promise you that I will do all within my power to make it a reality if Shenandoah university winds up willing to work with me as Dr. Marchant is hoping, and of course I'll keep you all posted as far as that goes too. Have a wonderful evening to you all where ever you are. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/396139/#p396139 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-11-30
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : connor142 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality the thing is, what would this information downloading surve to accomplish, from the game's perspective? Would it be a way to exchange currency for abilities? Do those downloads take time? Do they have any requirements you must fulfill first? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/396058/#p396058 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-11-29
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Hello everyone, karate25 here again. So, what do you think of the outline thus far? suggestions and improvements? I'm enjoying reading your feedback by the way, you've taught me a lot and I enjoy checking this thread to see what you will all say next. Dr. Marchant really hopes that we'll get to work together on this and has been nothing but encouraging to me. Have a wonderful day and I look forward to hearing your thoughts and views on the outline as it stands right now. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/395843/#p395843 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-11-28
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Hello there again everyone, karate25 here and as promised, here's what I have thus far with my outline. It'll seem like I'm jumping around here but I'm basically writing down ideas as they come to me in no particular order but I hope you like what I have thus far and if you can think of any sorts of names for either the starting planet or the world itself, by all means, feel free to bounce them my way. In the world of NewDawn, the time is the beginning of the 30th century and mankind has long since learned how to become a space fairing society and has left the milkyway galaxy for more habitable worlds since the earth was struck by a massive meteor and destroyed. Luckily, scientists were able to locate the approaching meteor before it struck the earth and there was a mass evacuation of earth without a single fatality since everyone was put into massive voyager class starships and departed the impending disaster for a newly discovered planet almost identical to earth just outside of the milkyway galaxy called Utopia. Starships in NewDawn will employ both ion thrusters as well as fusion drives for both their propultion as well as supplying power for their internal electrical systems and life support. Every avatar, known from here on as colonists will take on the roles of humans to carve out their lives here in NewDawn. Each colonist will have implanted in their brain a device called a cerebral computer which is a tiny chip in the head that will allow you to do everything from making transactions at a shop’s console, making calls to other colonists and even summoning your starship to your current location. Dynamic voice chatting will be mandatory in NewDawn, dynamic meaning that where ever you happen to be, your voice will sound as though you are actually there. Your cerebral computer uses bone conduction technology to allow you to hear its voice if you are a totally blind colonist as well as hearing your caller’s voice when making voice calls or watching video messages. Yes, you will even be able to watch video messages with your cerebral computer as well. Starships will have many roles in NewDawn. Everything from asteroid mining and salvaging on up to transporting passengers in ships called spaceliners that are equipped with seat-mounted food and drink ordering consoles for your passengers to feel more comfortable as you take them where they need to go. The voyager class of starship mentioned earlier can literally hold thousands of people and is a luxurious model and is meant for very long distance traveling and exploration but it also can be outfitted with weaponry if one is so inclined to visit more dangerous parts of space. Starships will also be equipped with hyperdrives to move quickly between galaxies. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/395729/#p395729 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-11-27
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Good heavens, am I ever glad that I asked the question about batteries versus fuel for our ships. What a lot of wonderful meat to chew on and mull over as I set to work on my outline tonight. And I'll share it with you as I work on it so you and I can iron out all the rinkles and fine tune our world. That actually makes lots of sense having the battery take up so much space, space better used for cargo and docking bays as well as vehicle bays and other things. Have a wonderful evening to you all my friends and get ready to check out my beginning outline. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/395548/#p395548 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-11-26
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : kool_turk via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Post 20 makes some very good points.Now, I'm going to assume any combat will be optional, that way if you decide combat isn't your thing, you don't have to.All I ask is please don't make the combat like Miriani.I've only played Miriani a few times and I sucked at that combat style.I was never quick enough.Some others on here could probably come up with a decent combat design, like deathmatch: a new beginning, just don't make it like Miriani, because having ships jump about like that is just weird, not to mention, unrealistic. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/395348/#p395348 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-11-26
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : magurp244 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Mainstream engines like Unity, Unreal, Doom, Blender, etc. are not generally accessible to develop with. But, if your planning on directing a team for PC/VR, then the Unreal engine isn't a bad choice. As connor142 touched on, it would probably be a good idea to come up with a Design or Technical Document to tackle [The Door Problem] before you start hitting the funding pool and putting a team together. Having a general idea of what the game is supposed to be, whats in the game, how it works, what players do, etc. will cut alot of time out of development, and thus save you money. There may still be a few bumps and changes along the road if some parts of the design conflict with others, better ideas come along, or with unexpected complications during development, but having a design ready really helps. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/395312/#p395312 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-11-26
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : connor142 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Wait, you’d be given a grant? That’s great news. However, asooming you’d design this world rather than building it, trust me when I say that all the devs in the world won’t be able to create this if they don’t know what to code. Make sure to exactly plan out what features this world should have, and lay them out clearly. Should the project ever get off the ground, this will help to avoid getting stuck with everyone unsure what to do or work on next. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/395240/#p395240 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-11-26
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Hello there everyone, karate25 here again. I have some very happy news for you all that I've just received from Dr. Marchant, and she says that once they've got their program assembled which should take about a year or so, since they're in the process of hiring staff for it, she feels very certain that not only will I be able to find the people to do all of the work that needs to be done but also that they could help me with obtaining a grant to support this project as well as helping me to make it commercially viable. So keep your fingers crossed and here's hoping. We just might get our virtual world after all if I have my say about it. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/395238/#p395238 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-11-24
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Hello everyone, karate25 here again. Would it be at all possible for me to have our virtual world built with the unreal engine? and since it's free, that'd be one way to save money. I like what you're seemingly able to do with it judging by the youtube video that I watched yesterday. I'm going to ask a rather frank question and I'd like your honest opinion. Since I already know you would like to have a virtual world, would you just like me to be quiet now and get to work on it when I can and stop posting here about it? come on now, be honest with me. If there's one thing I don't want to be it's an annoyance. So if you folks tell me, I'll stop with the posts about the virtual world until and if I can even get it started. Just please know that in the meantime, I'll do my level best to see what I can put together with regards to a team. Have a wonderful day and I look forward to hearing from you soon. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/394871/#p394871 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-11-21
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : Diegogaribay via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality I would love to have this be a reality! It sounds amazing, however it is a major major undertaking. I would mean creating a totally new framework and new game mechanics and a server to host it all. Try to build on top of other frameworks and use systems people have already created. Building this would take too long. I would encourage you to retrofit something else that is already present. the development time and cost would be huge! Please use speech synthesis for all talking in game. It is extremely hard to replicate sound characteristics in a room especially one that is always changing. I wish you all the best! Hope you get this done! URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/394480/#p394480 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-11-21
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality what is audimesh? I've never heard of it. Is there a way I could download it and look it over? is this a system that lets you build things in audio format? just curious but I really do want to make this world happen for both of us so that we can play and live together inside of it. And no, we might not be able to build like they do in second life, but we'll at least have a virtual world of some sort where you can live your life in a futuristic setting. I'm thinking it's going to be a space life simulator like star citizen is but I'm going to do my best not to imitate Star citizen. I would never be that disrespectful. Have a wonderful day. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/394456/#p394456 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-11-21
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : CAE_Jones via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Installers have been known to offer to download optional components during the process. I've been thinking about that sort of thing as relates to, for example, voiced language packs, that would be too big to want to download in bulk, but more than one might be worth getting with the installation. That sort of thing could apply to accessibility components, maybe even the visual components but that's probably pointless since the visual properties of objects will still be there under the hood. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/394396/#p394396 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-11-20
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : CAE_Jones via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Haptics, conflabit! Aereal, Ultrahaptics, Novint, a Wiimote stuck to an overhead cable that is stuck to a Delta-like system, magnets, clever manipulation of airpressure, flat surfaces with electrically-generated textures... Half of which, I should add, have been around for quite some time, but for some reason, no one does anything with any of them besides show it off at CES or CSUN and disappear into the ether.Some might say it's pointless novelty crap, to which I say: so is VR in general. Does anyone hear about the Nintendo Switch half as often as, not the PS4 or Xbox, but individual games available for the latter but not the former? Some phones are Immersion™ enabled. Am I going to have to buy 10, take classes in how to develop for it, and then teach people who are better at making games people outside my head can understand to make examples? Immersion™ sounds pretty minimalist, even, but for some reason people only buy things with vibration, so it works with what's available. It'd work much better on a force-feedback mouse, but PC gamers hated them, because apparently no one can imagine how a developer could compensate for active effects which they themselves generated! I mean, it's not like every touch device with any market value to speak of has to compensate for its own electronics and activities, or anything.But if audio must, then fine; let's get creative. Has anyone tried Audimesh? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/394314/#p394314 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-11-20
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : techmaster20 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Well, that can be done in many ways. 1, you would have a really good reverb and 3d audio digital signal processing system that would make the sounds of your person reflect off of stuff like in real life, which is probably the hardest of these to do, 2, something like in swamp or A Hero's Call, where you have a radar that makes noises or speaks through TTS to tell you what's around. That's all I can think of URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/394148/#p394148 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-11-19
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Hello there everyone, this is karate25 here and I'd love to share this very interesting article I've been given by a new ally and friend of mine at my former university. This topic will do two things. First of all, you'll be able to click this link and read the article and give feedback on it, but I also have some pretty exciting news for you all. As I said, this article was given to me by a professor at Shenandoah University which is my former college here in Virginia where I'm from, and they're the first college in the state to offer a program in which you're able to major in both augmented and virtual realities to build virtual worlds. I've offered her my services as a guest speaker in her classes via skype since I do that with another professor buddy of mine for his business administration classes about what it's like to be a former blind college student. Well, I'm taking that idea a step further with Doctor Anne Marchant here who is heading up this new virtual reality program, by offering her my services as a guest speaker on what it's like to be a totally blind video and computer gamer, and my ultimate goal is to try and gather together a group of willing team members who would be willing to help me to construct a virtual world that we the totally blind may live in, as well as our sighted counterparts without any sort of assistance from either party. In other words, we wouldn't need any help from the sighted, and the sighted wouldn't need any help from us either but we would both be able to live inside of this virtual world without either party hindering the other with the accessibility features. And that's where you'll all come in. If I'm able to put this team together, I'm going to instruct them all to come here and create accounts on here and then threads, or maybe only a single thread about how we can all work together on making this virtual world the very best that it can be. I'm going to use indeogogo as my crowdfunding site, since I've heard from this very site that it's the most blind friendly and the most flexible as far as funding goes, and I also have resources that I know of that I'll use to find professional voice talent. And I'm going to crowd fund all of this the same way a hero's call was done. I ask that when and if I'm able to gather this team together that you all be very kind and as helpful as you can possibly be in your advice about accessibility features that we can use in this virtual world which will be a futuristic themed one. Have a wonderful day my friends and here's the link to the article. I hope you all enjoy it. https://www.digitalbodies.net/virtual-r … -impaired/Also, to make things even more exciting, not only did Professor Marchant not laugh me off or brush me aside, rather she said rather cheerfully that she felt very sure that this was the kind of project that Shenandoah University would gladly stand behind and she's also looking very forward to having me as a guest speaker to explain why accessible tools are important to our community. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/393981/#p393981 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality
2018-11-19
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : karate25 via Audiogames-reflector
an interesting article about accessibility in virtual reality Hello there everyone, this is karate25 here and I'd love to share this very interesting article I've been given by a new ally and friend of mine at my former university. This topic will do two things. First of all, you'll be able to click this link and read the article and give feedback on it, but I also have some pretty exciting news for you all. As I said, this article was given to me by a professor at Shenandoah University which is my former college here in Virginia where I'm from, and they're the first college in the state to offer a program in which you're able to major in both augmented and virtual realities to build virtual worlds. I've offered her my services as a guest speaker in her classes via skype since I do that with another professor buddy of mine for his business administration classes about what it's like to be a former blind college student. Well, I'm taking that idea a step further with Doctor Anne Marchant here who is heading up this new virtual reality program, by offering her my services as a guest speaker on what it's like to be a totally blind video and computer gamer, and my ultimate goal is to try and gather together a group of willing team members who would be willing to help me to construct a virtual world that we the totally blind may live in, as well as our sighted counterparts without any sort of assistance from either party. In other words, we wouldn't need any help from the sighted, and the sighted wouldn't need any help from us either but we would both be able to live inside of this virtual world without either party hindering the other with the accessibility features. And that's where you'll all come in. If I'm able to put this team together, I'm going to instruct them all to come here and create accounts on here and then threads, or maybe only a single thread about how we can all work together on making this virtual world the very best that it can be. I'm going to use indeogogo as my crowdfunding site, since I've heard from this very site that it's the most blind friendly and the most flexible as far as funding goes, and I also have resources that I know of that I'll use to find professional voice talent. And I'm going to crowd fund all of this the same way a hero's call was done. I ask that when and if I'm able to gather this team together that you all be very kind and as helpful as you can possibly be in your advice about accessibility features that we can use in this virtual world which will be a futuristic themed one. Have a wonderful day my friends and here's the link to the article. I hope you all enjoy it. https://www.digitalbodies.net/virtual-r … -impaired/ URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/393981/#p393981 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: An interesting article about willow pond
Re: An interesting article about willow pond [[wow]]. Twenty years on, I think it is safe to say that Willow Pond is not talked about as much. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=254292#p254292 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
An interesting article about willow pond
An interesting article about willow pond www.thefreelibrary.com/WILLOW+POND+SHIPS+WINDOWS+PC+TEXT-TO-SPEECH+SOFTWARE+ANNOUNCES...-a018268914 URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=248303#p248303 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: interesting article Accessibility in Linux has a long, long way to go to become even as reliable as Mac and Windows. In fact, I'd say Linux people have been working on accessibility for more years than Voiceover has even been a concept, and Voiceover still pretty much outshines them, although the Terminal in mac still needs a little work. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=231647#p231647 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: interesting article I agree with you. I don't usually invert colors on my Android tablet, not counting turning on High Contrast on Windows, but when I have it set to not invert colors for a long time, it does cause eye strain a little bit. This is with brightness turned up all the way. I can see why you'd say that inverting colors does little to get rid of eye strain, and indeed it does very little. Again, this is with my brightness turned up all the way and for using tech for more than 2 hours with no breaks in between. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=231493#p231493 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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interesting article I just found this article on Linux accessibility, and thought it might be relevant. On a side note, am I the only one who feels that simply inverting colors, like on GNOME 3 and Android 4.4 and 5.0 a.k.a KitKat and Lollipop, actually does little to alleviate eyestrain from "blazing white"? Anyway, here is the link: http://opensource.com/life/15/5/accessibility-linux URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=231293#p231293 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] An interesting article about Public Education
Re: An interesting article about Public Education Yes, this is an interesting discussion. I believe that we should be taught what we will use in our lives. Yes, reading, writing and all are much needed, but also, in elementary school, we be made to understand why we need education, why knowledge is important, and all. In middle and high school, then, we would know why its necessary to do our work and to consume as much knowledge as we need. Also, I agree that standardized tests are simply stupid. Some people read more slowly than others, which isnt too bad, and a timed test may make someone nervous or just scribble down a selection letter just to get through it, and make worse than if the person wasnt timed.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=162964#p162964 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] An interesting article about Public Education
Re: An interesting article about Public Education Also, age-based separation. Ive stumbled upon convincing-sounding complaints about that in the past since this thread began.And, if the sudden upsurge in inter-generational conflicts in the past few years is any indicator, this is actually quite bad.Back in ye olden days, teenagers were respectable apprentices learning how things work in the adult world by virtue of spending their not-free time there.Nowadays, teenagers and adults occupy radically different worlds, from which they say mean things about each other. Except one of them has power over the other.This is bad, because people are supposed to learn from people who already know things. So instead of 80s and 90s kids learning from 70s and 80s kids, they are all learning from each other, an overworked teacher who cant possibly give everyone individual attention, and books that may or may not be all that useful.Only slightly better than the blind leading the blind, to use an idiom. Mo st people (or people who can see, anyway) learn from watching people who already know what theyre doing. If no one knows what theyre doing, well, I suppose well know those books well enough to build giant fansites about them, anyway.(Compare apprenticeships to todays unpaid internships. Notice that todays interns are ten to twenty years older than pre-industrial apprentices. If reinstituting apprenticeships sounds like child labor disasters waiting to happen, theres such a thing as regulation, possibly even somewhat enforceable in some places. THe point is that we spend too much time developing our own societies while being force-fed information that we may or may not use, and now were stretching that out longer and longer, and now oops: Generation X Vs. Millennials, and no one understands each other or has a job.)But like I said, this is just stuff Ive come across in the past week or two. Its technically testable, but good luck with that.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=162967#p162967 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] An interesting article about Public Education
Re: An interesting article about Public Education Hi.Yes, interesting discussion indeed.Its interesting to get different views from different people.I did not agree with some parts of this article although the main thing that stood out to me was the fact that yes, the schools are controlled by an authority figure which dictates what everyone should do, kind of like a mini dictatorship.As for the extracurricular activities, I can see where youre coming from turtle power. I think theyre kind of pointless but thats just me.Also, the thing that gets me is they threaten to take them away if you dont make good enough grades.Honestly, thats another thing they put too much emphasis on are grades and standardized test.Yep, the school system has its flaws.I guess we could go back and forth arguing and discussing this until the end of time, or at least until the end of this system. Though, Ive suspected school is the beta testing center for communist rule. Maybe thats true.Yeah, I just wanted to share this and get some comments about it.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=162139#p162139 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] An interesting article about Public Education
Re: An interesting article about Public Education This discussion is far more interesting than the article itself, which I found to be bland, something Ive heard a thousand times before. Its not edgy, and its not new--Id bet that lots of kids have thought this very thing for centuries. In fact, theres a website that I took much pleasure in reading in my cynical teenage years, and its still up and running.http://www.school-survival.net/index.phpI think that the author has a few valid points, but theyre lost in his delivery.First, getting rid of extracurriculars would never fly in the US. Kids are way too dependent on them. And whats wrong with recreation, anyway? As an adult, if youre going to work from 9 to 5, youll need some way to unwind when the day is done. If kids werent allowed to play sports or participate in student societies, they might never learn that its ok to reward yoursel f at the end of a hard day.now, I do think that school-sponsored sports are entirely too competitive, and thats something that needs to change. Teaching kids, especially elementary school kids, that theyre worthless unless they always win is extremely wrong.Second, many children come from undesirable homes. Maybe they participate in extracurriculars because their parents are abusive, or are fighting, or are just not there. And maybe the kids dont want to deal with that. The author would disapprove of my logic, but I think that anything that keeps a kid from being hit is preferable. And, yes, social services should be doing more to prevent that, blah, blah, but since that doesnt happen, and theyre off wasting their time doing pointless bullshit like snatching babies away from otherwise healthy blind parents...And, yes, I know Im generalizing there too, but I hardly think that playing sports or being in student council is a sin.Are students often taking on more than they can handle? Yes, it happens. And some parents simply cant afford to either drive to the activities that their child wants to participate in or cant afford to help them get the supplies. But, in the former case, thats something the parents should be teaching their child how to do, and in the latter, the child needs to learn that they cant have everything they want. Theres nothing worse than spoiled brats who never grow up and just become big, blubbering spoiled adults.I agree that there are lots of people who are shortchanged in the public school system. Gifted students, disabled students, poor students, etc. And a universal approach to education is doing a terrible job at finding an individuals strengths. There is also entirely too much emphasis on standardized testing. The implication seems to be that if you dont do well on them, youll never go anywhere in life. That is wrong. But that 39;s not any individual schools fault. Rather than blaming teachers or disruptive students for every flaw, the government needs to change how they educate youth. That wont happen, because they see a system running semi-efficiently, and they shrug and say its not their problem.There are a lot of problems in schools that can screw someone up irreparably that werent even addressed in the article, which should have taken precedence. Bullying, rampant drug use, and overcrowding are just a few that come to mind. But thats really not the schools fault, either. Parents do much, much more damage than any teacher could ever do, unless were talking about something like sexual harassment, which is another thing that should have been mentioned in the article.The thing is, there are jus too many problems to tackle at once. Some problems are too uncomfortable to be tackled. Oh, there was one part of the article that genuinely made me snort in d isgust. That guy thinks that sex education is babysitting? Please! Just because some parents wont discuss that with their kids doesnt mean the schools do a good job of it. Abstinence-only education, which is still the most common form it takes, has been shown time and time again to fail miserably. And increasingly important issues, like homosexuality, transgenderism, and even just being comfortable enough to take charge of your own body are glossed over. Or, worse, things are done like what happened at my high school, which was a school for the blind, but still. What happened was, I think we might have read an article in Seventeen magazine or something similar about embracing your sexuality, and that being gay isnt a sin and all that good stuff. Then, no lie, the very next health class, we were given a big project to do about AIDS. I remember it involved making posters and plastering them all over the school. What kind of ass-backwards, insulting, outdated message is that sending?!URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=162107#p162107 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] An interesting article about Public Education
Re: An interesting article about Public Education hi,I agree with this article herewhat I have to say though is that everyones school experience is subjectivehere in turkey, we focus alot less on extracoricular activitiesthough the education system is differentI generally find that those who disrupt the class the most are the lazy students who get all 0s and dont study in adition to obstructing other peoples learninghere im talking about serious disruptionlike students having totally unrelated loud conversations with one another while the teacher is teaching the lessonor walking around the class etcimho schools should sort people based on there grade levelpeople who have generally high grades should be put into different classes with similar people and the people who dont study or disrupt lessons should be put in different classes so they dont disrupt the lessons of those who are actually trying to learnURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=161898#p161898 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] An interesting article about Public Education
Re: An interesting article about Public Education I was skeptical of the article before I started reading it, based on everything else on the page. Then it sounded like standard smart person dissing the school system in a nonspecific way without suggestion implementable improvements.Wyvern, your post reminded me of a paragraph in a blog post. I then looked up said post, realized pretty much the entirety of it other than that paragraph could probably trigger half the people reading, and now Im just going to paste the section in question instead of a link. I think this dates from my time as a schoolteacher. When I was a student, I hated all my teachers and thought that if they just ditched the constant repetition, the cutesy but vapid games, the police state attitude, then everyone would learn a lot more and school would finally live up to its potential as “not totally incompatible with learning, sometimes”.And then I started teaching English, tried presenting the actually interesting things about the English language at a reasonable pace as if I were talking to real human beings. And it was a disaster. I would give this really brilliant and lucid presentation of a fascinating concept, and then ask a basic question about it, and even though I had just explained it, no one in the class would even have been listening to it. They’d be too busy chattering to one another in the corner. So finally out of desperation I was like “Who wants to do some kind of idiotic activity in which we all pick English words and color them in and then do a stupid dance about them??!” (I may not have used those exact words) and sure enough everyone wanted to and at the end some of them sort of vaguely remembered the vocabulary.By the end of the school year I had realized that nothing was getting learned without threatening a test on it later, nothing was getting learned regardless unless it was rote memorization of a few especially boring points, and that I could usually force students to sit still long enough to learn it if and only if I bribed them with vapid games at regular intervals.Yet pretty much every day I see people saying “Schools are evil fascist institutions that deliberately avoid teaching students for sinister reasons. If you just inspire a love of learning in them, they’ll be thrilled to finally have new vistas to explore and they’ll go above and beyond what you possibly expected.”To which the only answer is no they frickin’ won’t. Yes, there will be two or three who do. Probably you were one of them, or your kid is one of them, and you think everything should be centered around those people. Fine. That’s what home schooling is for. But there will also be oh so many who ask “Will the grandeur and beauty of the fathomless universe be on the test?”. And when you say that the true test is whether they feel connected to the tradition of inquiry into the mysteries of Nature, they’ll roll their eyes and secretly play Pokemon on their Nintendo DS thinking you can’t see it if it’s held kind of under their desk.I don’t think I used to be an optimist. I think I used to be a narcissist. I figured that when I was a teacher, everything would work out, my kids would be kind and attentive, my lessons would stick, and there would be no behavioral problems or if there are they would quiet down after I give them a friendly talk about why attention is important. I felt like the Universe owed it to me to have everything work out. I didn’t realize on a gut level that kids could just not cooperate.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=161907#p161907 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] An interesting article about Public Education
Re: An interesting article about Public Education Something tells me this person may have been a gifted student when in high school. gifted students end up doing exceptionally well in school...most of the time. The problem lies that thi sperson was not challenged enough in school and found the assignments useless and boring, even though he or she does not realize that not everyone around him is as smart. Gifted students are sometimes found to get bored in class, and begin to disrupt it or just skip all together. This is usually why most schools have programs for gifted students to learn outside of school on trips, to keep them educated and entertain as school is something that will turn useless to them real fast. And this person sounds like this is what happened to them. However, I question his mental capability with the way he refered to students with learning challenges as idiots. And generalized that all disruptive students as stupid. In my experience, all the disruptive s tudents in my class were the most intelligent and experienced students there were. They had knowledge in advanced concepts and flew through tests when they decided to take them. yet, they happily disrupt the class for others to entertain themselves, not caring that these classes actually do have an impact on students. As well, he lacks any evidence of his findings, and doesnt seem to link to anything. As well as generalizing way too much, which opens huge flaws in his argument. My group of robots as he would refer to us can easily destroy everything he said and watch as all the things he tries to hide behind either does not exist or can be turned against him (Or her, ack, need to stop assuming people are always male). I kind of also have a thing against gifted people or those who exhibit this type of attitude to the school system and people they blame that hold back peoples education, mainly the special needs student. I had an incident wheee this 12 year old protogy bumped into my older brother who was a monster and began belittling him as he knew my older brother was a special needs student. His mother was nearby and was about to make a move to shut him up, but I probably did something that would kind of have gotten me arrested. My older brother has a lot of neurological and emotional illnesses, and can easily get distressed and began crying. I quickly ran up to the kid before his mother did, raised him up into the air, and most likely scared him to death. I reminded him that he was probably being the biggest dumbass in this entire room, trying to mess with someone who could easily destroy him and most likely not suffer harsh consequences. I also remind him that as smart as he was, hes an idiot in the true world, lacking any real skills that would get him through the world as he was one of those students that thought sc hool was useless and began to slack off. I also reminded him that special needs students are not retarded or stupid, they were just not as lucky as this so called gift to the world, who began peaing himself most likely, and needed special ays to let them not feel different, as well as not be discriminized. I lastly told him the reason the school was treating him so well in that gifted program thing was that if it was not for the schools attempt to satisfy his learning, he would be a useless piece of shit, even worse then the one he was yelling at as he would have the ability, just be too fucking lazy. This ended with me dropping the kid, him turning to his mom and getting the beating of a life time from her. Again, many people who complain about the school system and the students are really out of touch with whats actually going on. They ignore many other factors that could be causing difficulties, and over generalizing. They a ssume everyone has the ability to be as smart as them, and those who are not are who are running the schools and holding everyone else back. This is wrong, cruel, and makes them look like egotistical ass holes. honestly, if these people ran the state, they would approve such practices of ewegenics, and be highly prone to being racist and discriminatory. (well basing this on how the author of that article was referring to people) Again, this is obvious from this writer as they referred to students who disrupt classes as idiots. Those that should not be allowed to go to school. My advice, if you have a problem with the school system, strive to try to promote change for the better as honestly there is a lot of improvement that needs to be done. but dont be like the robots who find life too difficult or too easy and just fall on poking fun at the system everyone else uses. do something revolutionary, or is that to o hard for this person to do. In short, get a fucking life. People strive to get one, that is why they use the tools provided by life to achieve these goals. Fine you honestly did not need to use it, but others do. Again, double check what your argument is for, provide
[Audiogames-reflector] An interesting article about Public Education
An interesting article about Public Education Hi.So, I came across this article.http://montalk.net/conspiracy/39/the-ho … -educationWhat do you guys think?Personally I agree with a lot of this stuff.Im interested to think what you guys think.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=161690#p161690 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
[Audiogames-reflector] An interesting article about Public Education
An interesting article about Public Education Hi.So, I came across this article.http://montalk.net/conspiracy/39/the-ho … -educationWhat do you guys think?Personally I agree with a lot of this stuff.Im interested to know what you guys think of this stuff.Any comments are welcome.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=161690#p161690 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] An interesting article about Public Education
Re: An interesting article about Public Education hi.Im going to have to strongly disagree with this article. I know some very smart people that have graduated from high school and college, and its because they made a huge effort to do well in school. Teachers are trying to teach students what they think will benefit them in later life. And you cant say none of this stuff will benefit me, because at one point or another it might.And then theres all this crap about favoring online classes over actually going to school. While I kind of like online classes, I am very much opposed to them taking over public education, mainly because I think it is good for people to get out of the house rather than sit in front of their computer doing an online class all day. Secondly, this will increase the unemployment rate, which is already extremely high.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=161692#p161692 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
