| From: | Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@***.NEU.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: Blind Deckers? |
| Date: | Sun, 20 Mar 1994 20:41:34 -0500 |
<rcoster@******.infonet.net> writes:
RO> having data presented as sound for a blind decker is
RO> ok, as long as speed is not an issue...the matrix
RO> uses visual virtual reality because it conveys
RO> vast amounts of data in a few seconds, using icons...
Turn on your radio, and tune to a station playing rock or orchestral music.
Go ahead, I'll wait. Now listen for a minute. How many different
instruments did you hear? How many chords? How many individual notes? You
can convey the same amount of information, or potentially /more/
information via sound than you can visually.
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