[x3d-public] How can we tell?

[Joe D Williams]

So, in the wonderful WWW-based
ExperienceVerse we are describing,
one big question comes up.
How do you know you are using
this Immersive Web?

Or, in fact, how to tell if you,
as the author or user or participant,
are currently Immersed in any
real, virtual, or mixed digital,
and maybe some analog, simulation
generated by humans and their machines?

With consultation from:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannes-behr-501ab67
and this Behr-Polys collaboration,
https://metaverse-standards.org/news/blog/building-the-world-wide-webiverse/
it turns out the answer is actually simple.

When you are navigating and interacting
in a 3D environment then you are there.

Further we might say where time and events drive
the experience and, this is important, you have
suspended your disbelief or are otherwise convinced
you or your Character/Avatar can navigate and interact
with the given environment.

So, the virtuality may be a special box
on a web page that shows a realistic
spinning tennis shoe that you can examine.
Or, a highfi realtime simulation of a favorite
exploration as interactive as the
equipment and bandwidth can provide.
It only matters if you directly or
through your digital you can feel
like you are a part of the show.

Oh yes, another very important attribute of
this virtual reality concept is that you
must be able to extract your character and
yourself from the production and return to
your natural self.

Thanks Johannes and All Best,
Joe