The WWW is OK, but eventually people get bored (it’s the old ViewData problem: nobody wants to view data!). What people need is interaction with other people, and that’s what MUDs give them.
Predictor: Bartle, Richard
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 research paper, Richard Bartle summarizes the need for online entertainment (and MUDs): ”The WWW is OK, but eventually people get bored (it’s the old ViewData problem: nobody wants to view data!). What people need is interaction with other people, and that’s what MUDs give them.”
Biography:Richard Bartle of the University of Essex developed the first MUD, known as MUD1, with Roy Trubshaw in 1979. MUDs and MOOs grew in popularity and had participants from around the world. (Research Scientist/Illuminator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Community/Culture
Subtopic: MOOs/MUDs/B-Boards/Newsgroups
Name of publication: Olympia 2, London
Title, headline, chapter name: Don’t Blame Me!
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.mud.co.uk/richard/oe95.htm
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Bizzell, Natalie