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Subject: Re: Wargames and Virtual Worlds (Was Re: Questions about BattleTech)
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mkelly@cs.uoregon.edu (Michael A. Kelly) writes:

>There will always be those who will find something wrong with some of the ways
>a new technology is being used.  Perhaps a less violent game should be
>developed to promote VR, but it probably wouldn't sell nearly as well.

Try for car driving simulations.  The ability to speed down a complex
highway at high speeds in a virtual environment would probably appeal
to many people.  There are quite a few arcade and computer games out
there already devoted to this.

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