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Alternate Reality Kit by Randall Smith at Xerox PARC 1986 (VPRI-0131)
Yoshiki Ohshima (大島芳樹)
A 12-minute demo of the Alternate Reality Kit, built by Randall Smith at Xerox PARC in 1986. It is a simulated physical world in which users manipulate objects and program by direct interaction.
HN cites it as early evidence that visual and interactive programming can go well beyond wire diagrams, in a Smalltalk and Alan Kay tradition.
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