From: Jeremiah.Blatz@dartmouth.edu (Jeremiah Blatz)
Subject: Re: TECH: My standard is better than your standard.
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1992 20:53:24 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH



In article <Bs5x2v.GMK@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
dstamp@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (Dave Stampe-Psy+Eng) writes:

> Pretty much the way REND386 uses bounding spheres in the new release's
> multiple-resolution object rendering.  But when you ask the question
> "what's important in region A-- I'm in region B"  it's probably better
> to return a list of relevent objects rather than numbers for each object
> in the world.

Perhaps distance would be better. You ask another object "What's
important at distance A, detail level B?" The detail level would allow
fast machines to get good detail, while slower ones could keep up with
the world.

In article <1992Aug1.074144.2016@u.washington.edu>
dlwood@mailbox.syr.edu (David L Wood) writes:

> Also, should each
> object's dataset be stored on the router's machine?  This is a slight
> problem I'd imagine.

Yes! This eliminates one upload when a new user enters the world.

Jeremiah
jerbl@dartmouth.edu