From: jdover01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Subject: Re: sci.vw.tech
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1991 06:50:55 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville



In article <1991Dec2.194711.8697@milton.u.washington.edu>, cyberoid@hitl.
washington.edu (Bob Jacobson) writes:

> In article <1991Dec2.193156.3866@milton.u.washington.edu> jim@baroque.
> stanford.edu (James Helm) writes:
>>
>>... [I]f a new group must be formed, I agree with Dave Stampe's
>>suggestion of adding sci.virtual-worlds.tech as a forum for technical
>>discussions and leaving the societal, CHI, CyberSpatial and
>>application issues to the parent group.  Yes, there's still overlap
>>especially when it comes to software architectures, but I think it's a
>>much fairer split.
> 
> A split between technology development and applications would not be in
> the best interests of the field, either.  It would risk the two never
> converging, at least in this forum.  (I don't understand what is meant by
> "CHI" in "leaving the societal, CHI, CyberSpatial and application
> issues to the parent group.")  I appreciate the need to bind together
> high and low end participants, but there are people right now 
> working with PowerGloves, MUDs, and other "low-end" devices who want
> more explicit discussion and who will not be availing themselves of 
> larger systems for some time to come.  And the reverse is true, among
> those who want to build sophisticated applications and who are not
> involved in 386-based on-screen worlds.

Maybe CHI stands for Computer-Human Interaction?

How about the simple addition of a group sci.virtual-worlds.the-glove
to handle problems with the glove list? 

It seems that to accomplish the mission (that of virtual-worlds) it is
essential to have the software, hardware, and human-factors engineers
(and other folks) all together sharing ideas and results from the start.
It could be inviting disaster otherwise (having to backtrack, picking up
the pieces wasting precious resources, time & money, &c.)

Prehaps an additional group could alleviate problems associated with the
glove list if it is understood that is the purpose of the new group and
not the fragmentation of the parent group.

Joseph D. Overfelt                      jdover01@ulkyvx.bitnet
Dept. of Psychology                     jdover01@ulkyvx.ct.louisville.edu
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky 40292-0001