Re: new features, new creatures

On 14-Nov-05, at 12:02, John Braley wrote:
> "Geller" is for Allegra Geller, the immersive game designer played by
> Jennifer Jason Leigh in Cronenberg's eXistenZ.
>
> Walker1 is a near topological equivalent of one of the walkers
> (Walker1) Alan Ferguson made years ago for SpringDance. I wanted to
> see how it would evolve in Fluidiom. Like you, I was amazed to see it
> walk faster as it slowly (through generations) stood nearly upright.
> No speed burner; but good for style points. I was going to recommend
> it for a role in a movie -- but you've beaten me too it. (In
> SpringDance Walker1 is a tank -- all 6 legs hug the ground).

how about this:  i can make a movie of it starting out static, then  
learning to crawl, and then hobbling upright on its hind legs.

> I'm taking a class at the University of Washington in the History of
> Educational Technology. I'm trying to think of an excuse to introduce
> Fluidiom to the group.This Wednesday we meet at the Human Interface
> Technology Lab (HITLAB). The HITLAB is one of the leaders in immersive
> virtual world research. For nearly a decade I've wanted to get
> Struck/FluidiomWorld/SpringDance into that kind of environment. And
> now there's Fluidiom Evo.

perhaps a movie with your name on it would help you make your case.   
what else would you need?

like, let's get real.. what could be more immersive than being  
stalked by a bounding fluidiom bunny monster?  how about having to  
switch to first-person-shooter mode in order to slay the beast, with  
each shot deleting an interval until it collapses to the ground as a  
writhing hopeless (hopless) bunny before you consume the remains to  
top up your own fuel supply? what's an immersive virtual world  
without wildlife?  :)

maybe get them interested in helping me evolve structure and movement  
both from scratch, or putting senses, reflexes, and maybe brains into  
these prefab critters.

hell maybe we will get to a point where gangs of grimy sweaty urban  
gamblers gather together in the basement of a restaurant to bet on  
the winners of a battle-to-the-death of the two virtual creatures,  
delivered to the "neutral" computer through USB memory sticks that  
are retrieved from velvet-lined hardwood boxes decorated with gang  
shields, evolved to perfection in their respective zooming  
underground clustered computers.  feverish cheering and booing while  
they all spill their beers and watch the many dusty video screens  
where the gorey virtual drama takes place.  what?  no, nurse, no it's  
not time for my pills yet.


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