On 10/24/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > *wow* > > Croquet is really really neat. I think we're at least another decade away > from this sort > of interface being workable, but I'd love it if somebody could prove me > wrong. <snip>
A possibility that comes to mind is to enable the creation of SAGE cell windows in the 3D environment that can be placed and organized by the user to suit their needs. The user enters SAGE code as usual into the cells, evaluates it, and the result can simply be displayed in 2D windows in the 3D environment. Even at this mundane level, the organizational possibilities may prove to be useful. For example, all of one's calculus work can be placed on one island while other work can be placed on other islands, inside buildings, etc. One can navigate to these places by flying, or teleport windows can be used to move between locations. Beyond this, another thing that interests me is to have the 3D environment render mathematics objects instead of having SAGE render them. An example would be the 2D graph of a function rendered as large a house that the user can fly around and interact with. The user can measure slopes by placing a slope tool at various points on the plot and they can estimate the area under a curve by getting underneath the curve and taking measurements. 3D plots should even be more exciting to interact with. The ability to bring a number of people into a SAGE-enabled 3D world to demonstrate topics in mathematics and physics also seems useful. For example, imagine a class of students flying to the top of a 10 story building with their teacher. The teacher has a special sensor-enabled ball that is able to record its height every 50 milliseconds and then the ball can be dropped from the top of the building. The ball can then be retrieved from the ground and a button can be pressed on it which will automatically send the data to SAGE for analysis. Anyway, it seems to me that it should not be too difficult to enable Croquet to communicate with SAGE for simpler scenarios like these. Perhaps I am missing something? Ted --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
