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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: integrating virtual reality into KDE
From:       Richard Dale <Richard_Dale () tipitina ! demon ! co ! uk>
Date:       2004-08-12 11:14:46
Message-ID: 200408121214.46115.Richard_Dale () tipitina ! demon ! co ! uk
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On Thursday 12 August 2004 11:23, Raphael Langerhorst wrote:
> On Thursday 12 August 2004 09:31, Stephan Kulow wrote:
> > Am Donnerstag 12 August 2004 07:58 schrieb Raphael Langerhorst:
> > > What do you think about having a client interface for this virtual
> > > reality in KDE? In particular the question "where to put it" also
> > > arises [games,edu, a new science module, or network, ..].
> >
> > It's out of scope for a desktop environment.
> >
> > Greetings, Stephan
>
> Yes, that's most likely true... thinking of KDE as a "desktop environment"
> which is actually what it is. Also what came to my mind is that
> kdeextragear or something would have been better anyway (to start with at
> least). But it's true that currently it's out of scope of a desktop
> environment.
>
> Anyway, this system will most likely provide an interface for KDE itself,
> so it would be possible to work on "computers" inside this VR, which would
> then lead to a real 3D desktop environment. But that's still some time
> away.
I see Qt/KDE as an application framework which happens to have been used to 
write a desktop environment. I'm not sure that we emphasise the programming 
development side enough - for writing in-house custom applications or VR 
systems or whatever.

-- Richard
 
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