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From: DAVIDA@coyote.cfr.washington.edu
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Subject: Databases and VR: Questions
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Date: 24 May 91 22:43:34 GMT
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     If anyone has some insight about the questions below or knows
     of relevant source material please let me know.

     One of the largest classes of computer applications is database
     management systems.  As a database manager I'm interested in what
     can virtual reality bring to database management and how will
     virtual reality change how we conceptualize data.

     One big question is what does a database look like?  Would a
     VR database be in the standard tabular format?  A corrollary
     question would be what types of data are better represented in
     a VR interface?

     In representing the data a conceptual model is needed.  Right
     now this is the relational model.  Is the relational model
     appropriate in a VR setting or should something like the object
     oriented approach be taken?

     In a VR database how would data be entered and manipulated?

     David Anderson     University of Washington
     dja@milton.u.washington.edu



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