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From: ddj@zardoz.elbows.org (Doug DeJulio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,alt.games.doom,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc
Subject: Re: Some thoughts on the meaning of Doom
Date: 5 Aug 1994 15:07:42 GMT
Organization: Pittsburgh Elbows Embassy
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References: <Ctn01t.M8D@cee.hw.ac.uk> <cbarton.149.2E39104C@clark.dgim.doc.ca> <CtpJxp.GGx@dcs.gla.ac.uk> <CtvI7q.9DD@cee.hw.ac.uk>
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In article <CtvI7q.9DD@cee.hw.ac.uk>,
Ian CR Mapleson <mapleson@cee.hw.ac.uk> wrote:
>To answer Casey's question, this 'official standard' was established, in a
>semi-official way, about 2 years ago.
Feh. A "Virtual Reality" is simply a simulated world. Nobody has the
authority to redefine this.
Zork was a virtual reality, although a primitive text-based one. But
it was a real, genuine virtual reality. So are MUDs.
>On a similar theme, many people witter on about cyberspace and often refer to
>the Internet by using the word. Yet another mistake. At present, there are
>_no_ genuine environments that qualify as true cyberspace zones
Feh again. What's a cyberspace? It's a space in which cybernetic
systems can exist. The Internet fits. It's a cyberspace.
--
Doug DeJulio
ddj@zardoz.elbows.org
http://www.pitt.edu/~ddj/