From: Niels Hilbrink Subject: Re: HUMAN-FACTORS: Immersion Studies Date: Wed, 02 Oct 1996 08:44:03 +0200 Organization: National Aerospace Laboratory Linda Jacobson wrote: > > Bob Jacobson wrote: > > With all due regard, respect, and affection for my faux-sister > > Linda, no. We do not have a solution for professionals. Pro- > > fessional what? I would venture that fewer than 10 percent of > > all VR "solutions" are conceived with an understanding of cus- > > tomer needs first and foremost. > <...> Hmmm, without disrespect for all the VR-research/researchers in the field, it looks to me that VR is a technology which offer solutions to yet unknown problems. It feels to me that we (VR-comunity) try to intergrate VR into every possible problem without realy looking at all the altenatives. I mean VR-cinemas ??? I don't think the general public is waiting for those kind of apps, at least not with the kind off quality it offers. I think if we continue to market these kind of applications as the 'killer-apps' for VR then we stand to loose the public's interest in VR altogether. In my opinion we should develope the high-end part of VR first, get the basics right, and then continue to grow in the general publics view. I mean the telegraph could be viewed as a the technological forerunner of the telephone, The telegrapgh cleared the way for telephone. In that same fasion VR might clear the way for a more sophisticated technology. Niels Hilbrink -- _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ Niels Hilbrink (RS NOP) National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) mailto:Hilbrink@nlr.nl Voorsterweg 31, 8316 PR Marknesse (++31)(0)527 242259 (Home) P.O. Box 153, 8300 AD Emmeloord (++31)(0)527 248724 (NLR) the Netherlands http://www.xs4all.nl/~ripley/Niels/niels.html