Interesting Marc Andreessen speech notes

[Yann Lechelle]

just a followup to the above mentioned speech note:

>> - VRML and Hot Java will support this change
>>         - "Doom!" like interfaces will be the next model for browsers
>>         - current VRML does not support views of other people using
browsers
>>           on the same page, Java will change that
>>         - 3D scenes will be "commonplace" by the end of the year
>>         - Hot Java is actually about 6 years old
>>         - ultimately, user will have complete control over how
content is viewed

how far are we from implementing Neal Stephenson's Metaverse Street  
protocol ? (read his "Snow Crash" novel for more details)

I mean, 3D rendering, dynamically loadable binaries or Java like bundles...  
we've got it all... seems like a good starting point, huh ?

I'm not sure this mailing-list is the proper host for this thread. Yet NS  
users, and more specifically OmniWeb users, are probably the most  
appropriate recipients of such a forward-looking topic.

What do you guys think about a not so fictional Metaverse ?

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