著者

原島 秀人

出版者

前橋工科大学

雑誌

前橋工科大学研究紀要 (ISSN:13438867)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.4, pp.107-110, 2001-03-25

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There are a number of MOOs (MUD Object Oriented, where MUD stands for Multi-User Dimension) currently developed in Japan. It is questionable, however, if they will ever become popular or educationally successful. This paper will review the current developments of educational MOOs in Japan and describe some of the problems they entail. The problems include such issues as weak incentives for inviting users, lack of enough chatting ability in English among Japanese users, shortage of participation from English native speakers, want of hard-working wizards or moderators, high connection cost, lack of audio-visual stimulus, network restriction against constant telnet connection, and i-mode popularity. SaMOOrai, Costello, Kyoto-MOO, InterZone University, AndroMOO, and isMOO will be examined among others as different applications of MOO-related technology in Japan. Their characteristics, strength, and weakness will be discussed before some ideas for improving Japanese MOO environments are finally proposed.