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Re: [vwrap] one question

Crista Lopes <lopes@ics.uci.edu> Thu, 23 September 2010 19:51 UTC

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On 9/23/2010 12:34 PM, Morgaine wrote:
> Regarding VWs and the Web "being separate", well they are separate.  
> They're not **isolated** from each other because they interact, but 
> they are certainly separate.  They have distinct identities, very 
> different semantics, and VWs have many more degrees of freedom and 
> hence far greater potential capability.  And again, don't confuse 
> interfaces with convergence --- just because people give the Web some 
> interfaces to VWs doesn't mean that the semantics of the Web are going 
> to change.

OK, this pretty much nails it, Morgaine, thanks for the clarification :)
VWRAP is not about interoperability of web browser -based virtual 
worlds, because they aren't considered here to be "virtual worlds."
Finally!

My use case for VWs is the Web, so now that I know the scope of VWRAP 
doesn't include the Web, I can be a more effective participant.

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