Re: things to look at in the webstage

Jim Terral (jterral@netidea.com)
Sat, 11 Oct 1997 11:51:16 -0700

I get a repeating sound file of a birdsong from this though the page sour=
ce says
that it is a test of something called Biosphere...

Monika Wunderer wrote:

> On Tue, 7 Oct 1997, santiago pereson wrote:
>
> > things i'd like to look at in the webstage / oudeis ship.
> >
> >
> > - the navigation window. a visual, abstract representation of oudeis,=
which
> > will be used to 'navigate' the performance (tim=F3n / rudder / Steuer=
ruder).
> > with Aaron we were thinking about this as some kind of 3D image in wh=
ich
> > you can move around a central object and 'get into it' from different=

> > sides. if we do the 'oudeis ship' application i would put this on a w=
indow
> > by its own.
> >
> >
> > - the main stage window. in it you should be able to see the performa=
nce as
> > if you were in any of the real stages or as a purely virtual thing or=

> > (wonders of technology) as a purely real thing. the problem here is t=
he
> > visualization of the actors. i guess we can put some kind of picture =
for
> > the real ones and a lightcone graphic for the virtuals, but i fear th=
is
> > will look like a puppet theatre!
> >
>
> when gernot and me tried to explain the webstage we always used to say:=

> this is the 8th stage
> that means all actors there will be virtual (or real :) ) -> no
> distinction needed
> what about abstract figures - kind of light cones, but not lightcones (=
I
> am not a visual artist :) )
> to certainly prevent the vision of a puppet theater
>
> >
> > - the MOO window. the program should connect you to the MOO as soon a=
s you
> > open the window and transport you to a theatre seat. you can speak in=
to the
> > MOO, probably like on a simple MOO client, by having a separate pane =
for it.
> >
>
> well I guess we have to aks Juli then about how the inclusion of MOO in=
to
> web works . I know something like this exists already, and I think Juli=

> did some research in this direction (even though I guess she does not
> really like it that much)
>
> let me think about it, on one of the experimetnal theater webpages in .=
=2E.
> australia I guess .... I already ran into such a moo.
> I will see if I find it
>
> http://kali.murdoch.edu.au/~nick/test2.html
>
> was it this one?
> its KAOS theater
>
> > note: you should be able to close any of this windows, to move them o=
n your
> > screen, etc.
>
> well as there are so many ....
> I think so
>
> do you technically know how to do it??
>
> uups - they are throwing me out of here again (and I should go back to =
my
> books anyway) will come back to you asap :)
>
> Mon
>
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> Monika Wunderer wunderer@oudeis.org
>
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Jim Terral
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