Interesting Marc Andreessen speech notes

[thomas nawara]

On Tue, 9 May 1995, Yann Lechelle wrote:

> 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 ?

try webspace.  right now on the sgi only, coming soon
for multiple platforms.  first implementation of the 
vrml standard in a browser (that i know of).

> 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.

i didn't see any plans for webspace for ns.  anyone hear
any rumors?

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

it's still a long way away, what with interactive avatars
and all, but it's-a-comin'.



[tom]

tom nawara
creative director
synet inc