Netrek

In this chapter the game Netrek is proposed as a test-bed for perceptual user interfaces. The game Netrek provides a rich context for interfaces while retaining the closed world that makes a game environment tractable as a research platform. The next section will give an introduction to Netrek with an emphasis on the elements that make it particularly well suited to perceptual user interface work. Section 3.2 will detail the current state of the test-bed as embodied in Ogg That ThereThe last section will outline proposed additions that are intended to push perceptual user interface research and pave the way toward a truly novel human-computer interface.