previously i wrote (with clarifications):
lets call it a VREPL: an idea i have been nursing for quite some time; an integrated virtual programming environment. something like a REPL ("read, eval, print - loop", an interface for live programming) for a symbolic programming language like lisp to be integrated with a game engine and be showcased not only as a (perhaps secondary) scripting facility, but also as a story/gameplay element.
im thinking alot about this. and this is only one facet of the dream: another is a decentralized, distributed network of nodes cooperating and each allowing for a unique experience for the visiting players and so what i think this requires is a datastore which holds the actual data read from the filesystem or off the internet, references and metadata and also, since the datastore is integrated with the engine, we can treat code the same way as other assets. an interoperable game engine should be designed like a webbrowser. i dont care much about the "lets all read ready player one and get this metaverse thing going" mindset i see around around vr popping up. though i did enjoy rp1 immensly as a book. i also enjoyed tad williams' otherland books alot. a whole lot more than rp1 actually. i would describe otherland as the lord of the rings of the vr tales. rp1 might be the hobbit. in otherland tad williams describes a virtual reality internet that has naturally evolved from the normal internet when vr technology became affordable for the average jane.
sure, its centrally regulated under the united nations, or something, but at least the people can hop from one simulation to another seamlessly. they have virtual assistants they can instruct in natural language to perform complex online tasks and queries. they must have application protocolls for crosssystem communication and to allow automated, authorized access to telefone services, off- and online libraries and other online infodumps. even purchases can be made using these assistants. just like alexa? nah. these assistants can run your own code, on your own hardware, most importantly in your interest.
why shouldn't vr make computing become more like camping?
we dont have to always meet in the total wildernes of proprietory, burried in a deep hole of predetermined functionality. i think we should be able to set up virtual camps, where likeminded people can gather around their virtual campfires and enjoy virtual nature as it was meant to be enjoyed: built and shared together.