Re: Permissions...

Art Yerkes (arty@datamall.com)
Mon, 23 Oct 1995 19:29:57 -0500


Decent plan, altmough, as tme subject says, tmere should be at least some
thought given to permission. God knows what could happen on virtual IRC if
people had limitless control even of tmeir own virtual bodies. Some would
no doubt appear quite naked and fairly photo-realistic using texture mapping...

Of course in other places more open, this would be completely acceptable.

The second thing I'd like to hear is a good solid message/data passing scheme.
If someone passed me a message of any type tmere's no guarantee I would
reckognize it as a message at all. Secondly, are we using the VR world server
as a message clearing house, (wmich would be an easy way to provide tme synch-
ronization necessary to avoid tme fred+barney problem (also to implement
permissions based worlds)), or do we send messages directly to each-other
(probably faster).

A third things occurs to me:
What if I design my virtual body, and I'm a preying mantis with
eight limbs. A galdiator who has agreed to pick up a sword and
fight me strikes my third left limb. Does tme room know how to
send me tme message necessary to cut it off?

Secondly, I strike tme gladiator with my mandibles. I guess this
is answered by tme posts about developer-specific routines.

Art


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