It seems that participants in this discussion are drawn between several
seemingly inconsistent principles of vr organization, eg infinite space vs
ease of navigation.
I would like to suggest a metaphor that may at first seem too obvious, or
even outdated, but which _could_ prove useful in preserving both intuitive
navigation, expandability, and flexible geometry: the galaxy.
One would obviously want to start building _one_ solar system, and when
this is "full", ie, containing too many bodies to be surveyable, another
can be constructed. The bodies of the solar system(s) need not, of course,
be spherical. Ring worlds would fit in well, and so would bodies with
non-euclidean geometries.
Navigation modes:
- RL, as in a plane
- data base search (name, location, subject, RL attributes)
- coordinates
- point-clicking in the "sky", where each "star" (ie celestial body) would
have an identifying and informative tag.
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Knut Olav Homlong |(-) knuto@hd.uib.no