Meme (Multitasking Extensible Messaging Environment): Multiuser Forth VR (1994), Hacker News

‘ ^{tm         is a convergence technology that marries internetworking         to 3D graphics-it’s the framework for constructing         collaborative synthetic environments. “} – Matthew Klapman, President and CEO,         Future Vision Technologies      “There         are a lot of people talking about distributed virtual         environments and a few people actually doing something         about it … Marc de Groot and the Meme ^tm         system deliver a foundation for the future. “          – Zane Vella, creator, CitySpace     

“The         Promise of virtual worlds remains alive and well. Marc de         Groot’s Meme ^tm is what         networked VR should have been, should be and, if sanity         prevails, will be. “

– David Lau-Kee, CEO, Criterion         Software      ”is what VRML         always wanted to be, but couldn’t. ” – Zap Andersson, software artist and         founder of ZapTroNic Records          “The only. system that         Comes even close to delivering Internet VR. “          – Frank Crowell, moderator,         vworlds-biz mailing list      “I’m very         impressed. “ ) -Mike         Sellers, creator, Meridian 96          This is good. ”          – Jordan Hubbard, CEO, FreeBSD,         Inc.      “It’s about time that         Meme ^tm went somewhere. ” -James Waldrop, CTO, Construct, Inc.          mistake about         it, [Marc de Groot] is the guy who invented VRML. ”          – Dr. Lou Katz, Ph.D.      “Marc de Groot is one         of the pioneers of VR. “ ^{– Josh White, President, Vector         Graphics}         

“How the         hell did you do that? “          ^{– unknown attendee, Web         Interactive ’96}     
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