Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1991 14:24 PDT
From: MATT CARPENTER <MCARPENTER@HMCVAX.CLAREMONT.EDU>
Subject: Re: LPC!
To: glove-list@karazm.math.uh.edu
Message-Id: <01GBMFNDMGIO9S3RO4@HMCVAX.CLAREMONT.EDU>

In message <9110111902.AA15568@am.ucsc.edu> beeman@cats.UCSC.EDU writes:

>Sleep deprivation produces miracles!  Imagine being able to program objects
>in LPC on an LP-Mud with datagloves in mind!  Of course, you would need to 
>add graphics routines to the language, and you would need to change all the 
>text output to graphic or audio output, and the resulting project would no 
>doubt either swell up into several megs of code before there could even be
>two functional rooms...

Actually, I've been thinking about something like this for a while.  If the
user connects to the MUD from a personal computer, then the MUD wouldn't have
to do much more than keep track of where the objects are (which is pretty much
what they already do anyway, although it would also need to keep track of
coordinates).  All the graphics computations and stuff could be done by the
user's computer.  For instance, the MUD would just say something like "Object
#1 has moved to x,y,z" and the user's computer, which  already has the
description data for object #1, generates the scene.  Likewise, the user's
computer translates the actions of the user (like moving a power glove around)
into a similar form which is sent to the MUD.  Of course this would all be
rather crude, but it would be interesting to experiment with. 

>Let me know if you are crazy enough to try this. 
> 
>Adam

Sure, I'm crazy enough.  Anybody else interested, or have suggestions?

Matt