From: cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson)
Subject: PUBS: COMPUTER GRAPHICS WORLD: All hype makes for dull people?
Date: Tue, 5 May 1992 17:32:44 GMT
Message-ID: <1992May5.173244.24667@u.washington.edu>
Organization: WORLDESIGN, Seattle



I'm curious to see the response to John Gantz, one of the computer
industry's stellar analysts, who editorializes in this month's (May 1992)
COMPUTER GRAPHICS WORLD, "A Virtual Market,"
 
        Too much market hype may hamper the success of virtual
        reality technology.
 
        ...Perhaps the VR industry ought to learn the AI lesson.
        Once the hype blew away in a market correction and the
        overzealous got their comeuppance, the industry was able
        to make headway in a much saner fashion.
 
So where is the hype?  Seems to me that things are quieting down except
on the fringes, and that real applications are making it to the fore.
 
Is Gantz reflecting on old history, or are we still guilty as charged?