From: dweissman@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (WiseGuy)
Subject: Re: Network TestBeds for VR
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1991 15:00:00 GMT
Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. USA



In article <1991Nov27.002154.24486@milton.u.washington.edu>, dbarberi@mailbox.
syr.edu (London W11) writes...

%dweissman@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (WiseGuy) writes:
% 
%>I would like to know on what other types of networks
%>are VRs being tested/used?  Is there a set migration path (ie to
%>FDDI or something proprietary)?
% 
%   I havn't seen anything that proclaims itself a 'VR standard' network,
%   but I'd be interested to see what the best way to do multi-user VR
%   systems is.

Wouldn't the type of network be defined by how you're running the VR system?
Whether all hosts are plugged into a central machine that is doing all of
the work (high bandwidth needed) or whether it is distributed and only
state changes are conveyed to each host (the host doing the work)?

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