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From: frerichs@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David J Frerichs)
Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
Subject: Re: New Systems: Avoiding "Cold Fusion"
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Date: 18 Feb 91 19:53:07 GMT
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In article <16662@milton.u.washington.edu> cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu
(Robert Jacobson) writes:
>
>The appearance of new VW systems could take the form of the Cold Fusion
>debacle unless we exercise good judgment both in making claims and in
>critiquing them. Perhaps we should also promulgate some parameters for
>determining what is truly VW and what is something less or other than
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>Any suggestions for parameterization?
>
>Bob Jacobson
>Moderator

I think a good critique is sensory replacement.  Does it replace your
normal vision, hearing, etc.?  If it replaces one or more of your senses, then
it creates a virtual-reality (stemming from the fact that all realities are
subjective).

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