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Totally! I was wondering if those domain-specific tools would ever become more general, e.g. imagine writing general purpose programs in a 3D environment. In p
by shepherdjerred 3y ago
Totally! I was wondering if those domain-specific tools would ever become more general, e.g. imagine writing general purpose programs in a 3D environment.
In particular, I was wondering if this could be a fantastic application of VR/Apple's Vision headset -- a 3D IDE of some sort, where you could organize code spatially, or where the code is (are?) objects that you manipulate instead of plaintext.
- taeric 3y agoI don't think spatially laying out symbolic code is likely to get that useful. We already heavily resist significant whitespace. I am fond of "ascii art" for tests and any code where it can help, but I get the impression I'm in the minority there. That said, expanding a palette to "things" that are placed in a very physical way makes sense. I'd suggest not thinking of it in terms of IDE, though. It is very common in CAD and other "editor" environments. Has been, for a long time, even.