From: Jeremiah.Blatz@dartmouth.edu (Jeremiah Blatz)
Subject: Re: TECH: My standard is better than your standard.
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1992 03:45:41 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH


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

> I feel strongly that position updates are the wrong way to go for moving
> objects: use a motion codeing system so the machine displaying the
> object can update the position 100x a seocnd if desired.  MUCH less
> bandwidth needed.

I agree. Maybe the object, when needed (startup, motion change...),
should give its position and motion, the motion being in the form of,
say, a besier(sp?) curve describing its path and another describing
its velocity. That way there would be no lag from predictive tracking,
and a system could find the object's position whenever it wanted. That
wat, objects like, say, an airplane, would only require a few
up/downloads (except on takeoff/landong). Is this too complicated?

Jeremiah
jerbl@dartmouth.edu