From: jim@baroque.Stanford.EDU (James Helman)
Subject: Re: INDUSTRY: FLASH! "VPL is dead, long live VPL . . ."
Date: 7 Dec 92 23:18:47
Message-ID: <JIM.92Dec7231847@baroque.Stanford.EDU>
Organization: Stanford University


73317.646@CompuServe.COM (Dan D. Gutierrez) writes:

   we need to focus on enabling technologies that are going to lead to
   the form in which true VR will ultimately exist: direct neural I/O.
   Anything less is just a toy...

Toys are a multi-billion dollar business.  I'll just echo Paul
Saffo's warning regarding bringing new technologies to market:

     "Never mistake a clear view for a short distance."

Epitaph of a startup.

-jim

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