Online 3D Chat with a Game Producer in Tokyo
I met a game producer from Tokyo while checking out a 3D chat prototype. His personal website is here. This applet is an interesting example of the abilities of Shockwave 3D and the Multiuser Server (MUS).
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Maybe I'm just simple, but it seem pretty cool to be able to click a link and be running a 3D chat that you didn't have to download or install. It's a big improvement over the BBS concept of listing all the simultaneous users on a web site.
Imagine if this were coupled with a content management system so that users could navigate the entire website in 3D while bumping into each other. Or if it had peer-to-peer connections to other sites running the same chat system so that users could navigate a little sub-internet seamlessly in 3D. There are game design possibilities too—users running around playing capture-the-flag while other users try to navigate through the site's contents while still other users have a chat.