From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
Subject: Re: MISC: First use of "avatars", "virtual worlds"
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 20:02:32 GMT
Message-ID: <nagleE49uC8.GA9@netcom.com>
Organization: Netcom On-Line Services



Robert Braham <r.braham@ieee.org> writes:
>Anyone know who first used the word "avatars" and "virtual worlds" 
>in VR context?

    Randy Farmer and Chip Morningstar, "Habitat", Lucasfilm, 1986.
2D client/server system, Commodore 128 clients, 300 baud links,
Prime minis as servers, run by a predecessor of AOL.

John Nagle
nagle@netcom.com