Re: [ogpx] VWRAP working group charter update

[Carlo Wood <[e-mail]>]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 07:38:40PM -0400, David W Levine wrote:
> As yet, none of the virtual meeting spaces or tools fully capture the
> simple power of people sharing a whiteboard in a physical room. The
> fluidity of interaction (especially in terms of casual diagram scribbling)
> is a seriously challenging use case.

Agreed, but also that can be done online. In fact, I already do (did)
that online with friends sometimes that I meet in-world on SL in parallel
of "meeting" on a website with a whiteboard (were everyone can draw arbitrary
multi-color things in some white rectangle).

On other occassions I've had discussions involving complex mathematical
formula's, where yet another website was used that allows people to
"draw" formulas (paste LaTeX)...

One would think that at this day and age the technology does exist,
and since it's certainly a LOT cheaper it amazes me that there aren't
complete packages to allow online meetings with all the benefits of
a real life meeting. I can't imagine that such a package would cost
more than a trip to Hirosima, and it would be a one-time purchase.

-- 
Carlo Wood <[e-mail]>