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In article <byxmabp.frankc@netcom.com>, frankc@netcom.com (Frank Crowell) writes:
>I would hope that someone will consider MU* as a valid study area
>within the charter of this group.  MU* are multi-user
>environments (aka MUDs); there are many flavors: MUSH. MUCK, MUSE, MOO..
>I have seen very little discussion in sci.virtual-worlds on this
>subject and yet there are hundreds of them. Some of us have even
>setup an all-programmers MU* Institute with the intention of using it
>as a laboratory for MU*-based experimentations.
>
>Oh, yes.  In a another posting, I have suggested that UU add a MU*
>campus.
>

	There's a *lot* of MUD discussion in the rec.games.mud groups. You
could try there for talk.

l8r,

--Kevin

littlefield@binah.cc.brandeis.edu

Actually rec.games.mud occasionally deals with MU* design issues,
currently implementations and future design.  Sometimes they even
deal with social issues.  However, the name of the group [rec.games] sort of
tips you off to the fact that MU* philosophy and design is not their 
primary interest.

But many of the topics discussed in sci.virtual-worlds are related
to issues dealing with MU*. And it can work the other way too;
its possible to use MU* as laboratories for virtual-worlds,
TECH & SOCIAL.

So someone the other day asked uu.future about the coffee shop,
a place to hangout and talk about studies. Now, somehow i find
the creation of uu.coffeeshop as kind of strange. You see,
I would have suggested a MU* modeled after UU and including one
or more places to hang out, whatever.  But then I probably would
recorded some of the material, stored on the MU*, and then let
the student play it back on their client. Pretty easy stuff.
Oh, yes.  I might have added instructors offices, bulletin boards,
local mail, seminar rooms, and ..well you get the idea. 

In article <c#zma!k.frankc@netcom.com>, frankc@netcom (Frank Crowell) writes:
>You see,
>I would have suggested a MU* modeled after UU and including one
>or more places to hang out, whatever.  But then I probably would
>recorded some of the material, stored on the MU*, and then let
>the student play it back on their client. Pretty easy stuff.
>Oh, yes.  I might have added instructors offices, bulletin boards,
>local mail, seminar rooms, and ..well you get the idea. 

One thing to keep in mind is that people have different preferences -
some think the MU* model is the ideal user interface for everything,
some think Usenet is, some think both can be used for some purposes
and email and face-to-face for some other purposes.  For people not
familiar with MU*s, they may seem like a strange way.

I think it is possible to some degree to mix & match everything, and
to some degree give each participant the view they want - be it MU*,
Usenet, mailing lists, gopher/www/wais servers, stand-alone tutorials
etc.  This is what could be aimed for.  There are of course some
things which can be done only in some environments.

//Jyrki

/ hpdmd48:alt.uu.virtual-worlds.misc / frankc@netcom.com (Frank Crowell) / 10:47 am  Aug  6, 1992 /
I would hope that someone will consider MU* as a valid study area
within the charter of this group.  MU* are multi-user
environments (aka MUDs); there are many flavors: MUSH. MUCK, MUSE, MOO..
I have seen very little discussion in sci.virtual-worlds on this
subject and yet there are hundreds of them. Some of us have even
setup an all-programmers MU* Institute with the intention of using it
as a laboratory for MU*-based experimentations.

Oh, yes.  In a another posting, I have suggested that UU add a MU*
campus.

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