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Vivarium History

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The literal definition of a "Vivarium" is an enclosure or reserve for keeping plants and animals alive in their natural habitat in order to observe and study them. The Apple Vivarium program is a long-range research program with the goal of improving the use of computers. By researching and building the many tools necessary to implement a functioning computer vivarium, an ecology-in-the-computer, we hope to shed light on many aspects of both the computer's user interface and the underlying computational metaphor. We are exploring new possibilities in computer graphics, user interfaces, operating systems, programming languages, and artificial intelligence. By working closely with young children, and learning from their intuitive responses to our system's interface and behavior, we hope to evolve a system whose simplicity and ease of use will enable more people to tailor their computer's behavior to meet their own needs and desires. We would like untrained elementary school children and

Vivarium History Vivarium History The Vivarium Program by Larry Yaeger The literal definition of a "Vivarium" is an enclosure or reserve for keeping plants and animals alive in their natural habitat in order to observe and study them. The Apple Vivarium program is a long-range research program with the goal of improving the use of computers. By researching and building the many tools necessary to implement a functioning computer vivarium, an ecology-in-the-computer, we hope to shed light on many aspects of both the computer's user interface and the underlying computational metaphor. We are exp

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