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From: decwrl!well.sf.ca.us!well!rnm@uunet.UU.NET (Robert Marsanyi)
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Subject: Re: Musical Virtual Worlds
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Date: 17 Nov 90 02:05:14 GMT
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> MVW's: expert vs. naive interaction, and user<->world interdependence

Two good points.  The notion of environment as instrument is especially
powerful, in my view, and I have pointed out that much can be learned from
the millenia-old art of instrument building in the capture of acquired or
intuitive gesture.

Added to the above: many of these performance environments are designed for
more than one performer, and sophisticated notions of the interaction of 
performers in this circumstance are also a part of the ground that's already
been broken.  In addition, many of the most successful of these environments
entail a severe limitation on the universe over which they operate, rather
than trying to be a catch-all.

--rbt