Re: [www-vrml] AIs (was: virtual clothing shop)

["Jeff Sonstein" <jeffs@ariadne.iz.net>]

Miriam English wrote ..
> Heheheheh Artificial Stupid. I like that.

wish I could claim it as my own
but it is actually from a science fiction series

> I notice that calling it "Artificial Stupid" seems to reduce expectations
> and make the experience more enjoyable and less frustrating. Interesting
> effect that. 

good
that was the idea

> Might be a way to exploit it for building VR... say, making
> a "simple, tiny world" which, on entry, users find is not complex, but
> very, very big. Hmmm...

that is one of the ideas behind
the "Minimalist xVRML Props Contest"...
having lots of small-file-size props
to pull from an object library
and to combine in various ways to make sets and scenes
[a la bricolage]
so the arrangements of simple props
promote a sense of being in a rich synthetic environment
rather than using detail-and-texture-heavy objects

a different aesthetic I suppose

jeffs

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