From: Bob Jacobson <bob@worldesign.com>
Subject: Re: DESIGN: Is there really such a thing as text-based VR?
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 21:27:25 -0800
Message-ID: <315CC63D.3E79@worldesign.com>
Organization: Worldesign Inc.


John Costella wrote:
> Is the word "synaesthesia" somehow being used with relation
> to VR? Synaesthesia is a definite medical condition, which
> I can't imagine possibly being called a "killer app". Could
> someone explain?

Synaesthesia may have a medical context, but Youngblood used it in
different fashion, describing any synthesis of sensations (caused, in
his thesis, by multiple media inputs).

Bob
Bob Jacobson <bob@worldesign.com>