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From: jsl@barn.COM (John Labovitz)
Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
Subject: Re: Consumer Markets for VR
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Date: 15 Dec 90 10:50:08 GMT
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In article <12868@milton.u.washington.edu> rick@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Rick Ottoli
ni) writes:
>The user interface left much to be desired-- slow, and deep menu
>hierachies.  I'm skeptical about the commericial potential of VR
>in information services.

It sounds like the problem was with the design of the interface, not
the fact that it was an interactive information service.  If we're
judging systems on their interface, I think you'd find USENET's
standard interfaces (rn, vnews, nn, etc.) to be rated poorly among
people who don't have a lot of computer knowledge.  But do you consider
USENET to be a failure?
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