Rooms Demonstration

This is a demonstration of some possible elements of a new user environment.
It will only run on the Risc PC as it makes use of the new graphics
capabilities. It has not been compressed in any way.

The room here represents a virtual office, and you can fly around using
the mouse. There are three active objects, two information resources
rendered as tapestries on the bookshelf, and a computer on the desktop. The
mouse controls the flight. In the office the buttons work as follows:

Left Button moves you forward. 
Middle Button freezes display, and floats the cursor.   
Right Button 'Jets' to an object, and activates it.


The "book" on the top left, is a simple introduction. When selected with the
right mouse button, you fly straight into a tapestry, with headings on the
walls. Use the right mouse button to see more about that category, and all
three buttons to pull back. 


The second "book", is a guide to the animal world. This database shows off
some more elements of the rooms paradigm. Clicking the right mouse button
just outside the left or right edge of the cube front, will spin the cube,
and present you with a new way of looking at the information contained
inside. Clicking on a catagory with the right mouse button will take you
into a tapestry with example animals from that catagory. When in a tapestry,
activating a wall with the right mouse button, will centre you, and drill
down to some relevent text. To step back a level use all three mouse
buttons.


Jetting into the computer, using te right mouse button, will bring up the
RiscOS screen (and exits the demo). If there was more than one operating
system running then the room could contian several different machines of
different types. 


Many thanks to Kuldip Pardesi and Matt Taylor of Living Colour for producing this
demonstration.



Disclaimer
This software is provided "as is"; Acorn Computers Limited  ("Acorn") makes
no warranty, express or implied, of the merchantability of  this software or
its fitness for any particular purpose. In no circumstances shall Acorn be
liable for any damage, loss of profits, or any indirect or  consequential
loss arising out of the use of this software or inability to  use this
software, even if Acorn has been advised of the possibility of such loss.
