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From: marquet@bohra.cpg.oz (John Marquet)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Virtual Reality
Message-ID: <326@bohra.cpg.oz>
Date: 5 Jan 90 02:08:03 GMT
References: <67619@tiger.oxy.edu>
Organization: Computer Power Group, Melb, Australia
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In article <67619@tiger.oxy.edu>, zetetikos@oxy.edu (Rachel C. Andrews) writes:
> I am in the process of applying for a Fellowship that will enable me to
> spend the summer of 1990 studying Virtual Reality systems. My primary focus
> is Educational Applications for Virtual Reality. If anyone out there in "Net
> Land" can direct me to:
>       o  Articles written on V.R.
>       o  Companies involved with V.R.
>       o  Individuals working on/with V.R.
>       o  Other groups (e.g. NASA, U. of Washington) working/involved w/ V.R.
>       o  any other information or comments (even remotely related) to V.R.
> I would *really* appreciate hearing from you!!


You should be aware of the intelligent artificiality group in Melbourne
Australia.

This group is investigating methods and cost-benefits of making people more
`machine-like'.  Examples of real world applications of IA are Esperanto 
(a structure language without `natural language' irregularities), and the
simplification of many man-machine interfaces.

We are presently trying to design a Gnurit Test which will hopefully allow
a computer system to automatically determine whether it is communicating
with another `computer-literate' system, and the relative degree of computer
capability manifested by the unknown.

IA is clearly a cost-beneficial way to go, as humans are currently more
adaptable than computer systems.

As a result of your posting, we are thinking of diversifying our research
into real virtuality ....

Regards,

John Marquet
Computer Power Group