The paper discusses the development and lessons learned from Lucasfilm’s Habitat, one of the first large-scale commercial multi-user virtual environments. The authors highlight that the success of a cyberspace is determined by the interactions among its users rather than the technology used to build it. They emphasize the importance of a multi-user environment and the scarcity of communication bandwidth. The use of an object-oriented data representation is deemed essential, allowing the system to focus on behavioral models rather than detailed graphics. The implementation platform is considered relatively unimportant, as the system can accommodate a wide range of computational and display capabilities.
https://web.stanford.edu/class/history34q/readings/Virtual_Worlds/LucasfilmHabitat.html