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- From: AKOSSOWSKY@TURBO.kean.edu (Andy Kossowsky)
- Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
- Subject: Re: PHIL: Virtual vs. Artificial Reality
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- Date: 31 Dec 92 16:19:16 GMT
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- From: stgprao@st.unocal.COM (Richard Ottolini)
- Subject: Re: PHIL: Virtual vs. Artificial Reality
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 15:39:42 GMT
- Organization: Unocal Corporation
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- ...writes...
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- "Virtual Reality" is a semi-commercial term to distinguish VR from its
- flight-simulator roots. The spokesman for this term- Jaron Lanier- was
- more persuasive than competing terms such as artificial reality and
- cyberspace, so the name was adopted. He also trademarked the word
- virtual in his company name and some of his products. Purists may
- distinguish differences between the various terms, but there is no
- common agreement and lots of overlap. I personally prefered the term
- "artificial reality" or "computer-assisted artificial reality" to
- empathsize we are mostly talking about a new technology. I think the
- world "virtual" is less precise in describing the field.
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- --- Reply by Andy Kossowsky :
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- Keep in mind, however, that the word "virtual" has established
- itself in the computerese lexicon thanks to terms like:
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- Virtual Memory
- Virtual Disks
- Virtual DOS Machines
- Virtual Terminals
- Virtual Displays
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- Etc.
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