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As a programming language - I mean it seems cool but it doesn't seem like much of an innovation when things like Granule, Idris, Unison, Erlang, and more alread

As a programming language - I mean it seems cool but it doesn't seem like much of an innovation when things like Granule, Idris, Unison, Erlang, and more already exist. I want to take a moment to look at the Metaverse angle. If there is going to be a unique programming language for the metaverse, I think it's not going to be textual but instead is going to primarily be a 3D language. This poses a big challenge for a VR language because text is great[1]. The point of making it 3D would be that you are somehow capable of transmitting more information via the higher-bandwidth channel of the human visual cortex than you are through text. If you aren't making a 3D programming language, well then it might be a cool programming language but I don't know what it has to do with the metaverse. [1] https://graydon2.dreamwidth.org/193447.html https://graydon2.dreamwidth.org/193447.html

rileyphone 4y ago
Jaron Lanier developed a language in VR in the 80s much like you describe (apparently). Unfortunately, there is little evidence of it beyond some of his later testimony.
mlajtos 4y ago
We developed 2D text in a 3D world. There isn't really a precedence for 3D text really. We will greatly enhance writing and reading with eye-tracking on the VR/AR headsets, but I don't think we will march into 3D world of text. We might do 2.5D though (or something more of dynamic nature) – https://www.reddit.com/r/badUIbattles/comments/wsk2jz/debugging_deeply_nested_code_be_like/ https://www.reddit.com/r/badUIbattles/comments/wsk2jz/debugg...
tankorsmash 4y ago
To me, this doesn't seem like it has much to do with Unison at all beyond being a new FPL, could you elaborate a bit?
- AndrewPGameDev 4y ago
  That's exactly what I meant, that Verse is just a functional programming language, and that the ideas in a language like Unison seem to be just as interesting or promising.

rileyphone 4y ago

Jaron Lanier developed a language in VR in the 80s much like you describe (apparently). Unfortunately, there is little evidence of it beyond some of his later testimony.

mlajtos 4y ago

We developed 2D text in a 3D world. There isn't really a precedence for 3D text really. We will greatly enhance writing and reading with eye-tracking on the VR/AR headsets, but I don't think we will march into 3D world of text. We might do 2.5D though (or something more of dynamic nature) – https://www.reddit.com/r/badUIbattles/comments/wsk2jz/debugging_deeply_nested_code_be_like/ https://www.reddit.com/r/badUIbattles/comments/wsk2jz/debugg...

tankorsmash 4y ago

To me, this doesn't seem like it has much to do with Unison at all beyond being a new FPL, could you elaborate a bit?

AndrewPGameDev 4y ago
That's exactly what I meant, that Verse is just a functional programming language, and that the ideas in a language like Unison seem to be just as interesting or promising.