Re: [-empyre-] internet 3d & desktop 3d

[Jeff Sonstein <jeffs@it.rit.edu>]

scott wrote:

> should, in their design, do everything possible to make a smooth flow
> between local 3d interfaced applications and[...] works distributed
> across the internet, essentially providing a seamless transition
> between a local 3d application and the internet resources it will
> access [...]  The 3d interface is the canvas we paint, so why should it
> not be elegant both in its appearance and in its fuctionality.

so
how should a 3D desktop "look and feel" to the user?
what functionality does it require?
and what forms follow from those functions?

I suspect this list might have some interesting answers
to those basic questions

jeffs

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