From: Adam Beeman Subject: Re: Opinions on VR and VR research needed by fanzine editor. Date: 8 Nov 91 20:44:05 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz In article <1991Nov7.015426.29796@milton.u.washington.edu> keith@oak.circa.ufl.edu writes: >I'm editor and publisher of an independent 'zine and I'm interested in >doing articles on virtual reality and VR research. As basic or as technical >as you wish to make it, covering the basic ideas and research going on. >These articles, if you are interested, can be any length, and they will not >be edited or altered in any way whatsoever. Unfortunately, I am poor and >cannot afford to offer any sort of money of amazing reward to anyone who >is willing to help me out with this. But you will have the joy of exposing >about three-five hundred people to your interests and ideas. > >Anyone interested, please email me if you have questions. Or if you just >feel like going on and doing it, mail the article either through email or >through snail mail to : Keith Allison, 1020 SW 7th Ave., Gainesville FL >32601, USA. Thanks to anyone who wants to submit something. Goodness, I was just about to post something similar. Well, here is my own little blurb... _NewReality_ is a small desktop publication that hasn't yet seen its first printing... it's being done by a poor college student with very little money, at a school where there is apparently no VR research being done. I'm looking for things ranging from cyberpunk fiction, actual estimates of when Joe Six-pack will be able to afford this, what sort of worlds there are now (hopefully from people who have actually worked/played in them), to whacked-out conspiracy theories and environmental geosociopolitical cries for revolutions to save the world... I'd like to know what sort of things people are actually working on, what kind of softwear there is out there, how people view the impact of VR, and generally enlightening reading material. Could I possibly convince you to write up a short article concerning what you see in the future of cyberspace research, and such? I would almost print a usenet posting, but there are numerous problems, such as copyright infringement and the fact that magazine/newsletter meterial is more in the form of an article than a dialogue... I would even be happy with an edited compilation of usenet articles if it read nicely. I don't anticipate being able to make a profit of any sort for the first few issues... the magazine is called _NewReality_, and I'm still working on the first issue. It may or may not take off. I could probably send you a copy either via snail mail or in PostScript form when it's done if you wanted. Adam Beeman reply via email to this account. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ || Adam Beeman, undergraduate When I came to college I || || designer of alternate realities. wanted to be an artist. Then || || Another twisted philosophical type. I wanted to save the world. || || beeman@cats.ucsc.edu Unfortunately we are trapped || || beeman@ucscb.ucsc.edu (408) 459-7672 by our own mediocrity, and it || || Looking for a better way to live. seems like nobody cares anyhow.|| || Now I just want a good job. || /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ || Disclaimer: I seriously doubt these are the opinions of the || || University of California. It's an organization. || /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ [MODERATOR'S NOTE: (These long signatures in the aggregate sure use us a lot of memory on the host machines....) There is no problem posting a USENET entry if you first secure the author's permission to do so. This is extremely easy to do. This has less to do with copyright than with common courtesy and respect for people's opinions. -- Bob Jacobson]