Thursday, November 23, 2006

Tutorial Task Number 4

The concepts for this 3d program for internet chatters is quite different to that of MSN. MSN obviously has a very personal interface without the exposure to the rest of the world. When trialing the active worlds program, I typed "where is everyone from?". I had 2 responses from Ohio in the USA and one from the UK. However with time and funding such a hurdle could be overcome with techology figuring out a way to incorporate this programming technology into a local format.

People with msn often don't become 100% involved in the chatting experience. Sometimes you could have MSN minimised on your computer screen with a user status set to busy whilst you complete another task. It seems that a 3d chatting program like active worlds doesnt permit this, as the entire purpose of the program is to devote your full attention to it. Such a program would not be a practical tool for the modern computer, mixing business with social enterprises at the same time.

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