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From: brucec%phoebus.labs.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET (Bruce Cohen;;50-662;LP=A;)
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Subject: Re: Musical Virtual Worlds
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Date: 15 Nov 90 02:45:01 GMT
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In article <1990Nov13.213038.27046@cpsc.ucalgary.ca> garry@cs-sun-fsc.cpsc.ucalg
ary.ca (Garry Beirne) writes:

> First, it is assumed that the occupant/participant/user/performer in a 
> MVW is a 'virtuoso';  they are experts in communicating via very 
> specific musical gestures (bowing the violin, playing the piano, etc.) 
> and there is a well established vocabulary within the range of gestures 
> they use.  In VR we almost always assume a naive user.

Very good point.  In corrobaration, I'd like to mention the banquet speech
at OOPSLA/ECOOP in Ottawa a few weeks ago, given by Bill Buxton.  He argued
passionately for user interfaces which allow experts to make use of their
expertise, and designers who respect the time and energy experts have
invested in their expertise.  He's a musician, and as one example of what
he meant, he played a few bars on a Yamaha electronic saxophone, pointing
out that the design of its interface allowed him to make use of the years
he'd spent developing his embrouchure (sp?).

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