Yes! Accessibility in 3d virtual worlds would be *huge*. As far as I know, no one has done anything like this yet... (and if they have, I would really like to check it out).
-Ken > > > This would be great for people who primarily want to just chat or be > present in the world while doing other work, so they don't want the full > 3D world. > > It would also make it possible for blind people to interact in the 3D > world. > > Reed > > > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 01:54:23PM -0400, Peter Amstutz wrote: > > Also something I've wanted to explore is the possibility of creating a > > semantic representation of a space that is meaningful enough to be > > navigated from both a MUD-style text interface, while still being able > > to enter it as a fully 3D immersive world. You could lay down a node > > network of positions where the text-user could go, add descriptions to > > all the objects in the space, and then at each node it would print out > > the descriptions for things that were nearby. For example (thinking of > > the current demo "black sun" world: > > > > --- > > "You are standing on a hill of brown dirt. To the north is a large > > white pyramid with an entraceway. To the east the hill continues. To > > the west the hill continues. To the south is black nothingness." > > > > $ Go north > > > > "You are at the entrace to the Pyramid. To the north is a hallway with > > a tiled floor. At the end of the hallway are ramps leading up and to > > the east and west. To west is a doorway." > > _______________________________________________ > vos-d mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.interreality.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vos-d > _______________________________________________ vos-d mailing list [email protected] http://www.interreality.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vos-d
