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Just FYI-- There is a computer project called the "Networked Virtual
Reality Museum" being developed at Columbia University. Multiple users
can visit the museum at once, and are 'virtually' represented as graphical
figures to others using the system. The museum features an Egyptian
Temple which can be explored by users as well as a virtual recreation of
Leonardo Da Vinci's human-powered flying machine. Visitors can actually
take it for a test flight, as I understand. It is not available on the
Internet yet, but last I heard there were plans to make it publicly
accessible. The project has appeared in several computer, art and museum
publications. The best description I have seen was in "Virtual Reality
World" last year (perhaps the October issue). The effort is laudable, and
the most cutting-edge example of the potential for virtual museums to
date. However, I think the concept of what a virtual museum _could_ be
has advanced much farther in theory than the Networked VR Museum
demonstrates.
> In article <[log in to unmask]>,
> Tony Gill <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Just out of interest, does anyone know of any REALLY virtual museums
> actually up and running? By this I mean it must be possible to move
> through a simulated 3-dimensional space, drawn and rendered in real
> time, with or without the aid of the VR Helmet etc. Ideally there
> should also be some virtual exhibits there too!
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