Virtual Reality
Modeling Language
The Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) is a language for
describing multi-participant interactive simulations -- virtual worlds
networked via the global Internet and hyperlinked with the World Wide
Web. All aspects of virtual world display, interaction and
internetworking can be specified using VRML. It is the intention of
its designers that VRML become the standard language for interactive
simulation within the World Wide Web.
NIKE: A National Infrastructure for Knowledge Exchange
This white paper, writen by EIT, advocates the development of
National Information Infrastructure (NII) technologies to support
lifelong learning. The immediate, predictable impact would be to
overcome existing inefficiencies in the development and delivery of
learning materials. An on-line marketplace will create powerful
incentives to develop new materials and provide efficient means for
their widespread distribution. Advanced authoring tools will allow
millions of educators, students, and specialists to contribute to a
growing body of learning materials. A postscript version
is also available.
Papers on MOOS and MUDs
Collaborative Information Retrieval: Gopher from MOO .
A paper by Larry Masinter, a researcher at the Xerox Palo Alto Research
Center also known as `Grump', `Froxx' or `Larry' on LambdaMOO and other
MUDs, and Erik Ostrom, a student at Gustavus Adolphus College also known as
`JoeFeedback', `Geust', or `Erik' on LambdaMOO and other MUDs.
Mudding: Social Phenomena in Text-Based Virtual Realities.
This paper was written by Pavel Curtis (aka Haakon, creator of LambdaMOO)
for submission to the 1992 conference on Directions and Implications of
Advanced Computing, sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social
Responsibility. A version of this paper was also published in the small-
press magazine `Intertek'.
MUDs Grow Up: Social Virtual Reality in the Real World.
This paper was written by Pavel Curtis and David Nichols, both of Xerox
PARC, for presentation at the Third International Conference on Cyberspace,
held in May, 1993.
Collaborative Networked Communication: MUDs as Systems Tools.
This is a paper by Remy Evard, the head of the system administration group
at Northeastern University, presented at the 1993 LISA conference.
Frequently Asked Questions: Basic Information About Muds And Mudding