<s>
The	O
Aspen	B-General_Concept
Movie	I-General_Concept
Map	I-General_Concept
was	O
a	O
hypermedia	O
system	O
developed	O
at	O
MIT	O
by	O
a	O
team	O
working	O
with	O
Andrew	O
Lippman	O
in	O
1978	O
with	O
funding	O
from	O
ARPA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Aspen	B-General_Concept
Movie	I-General_Concept
Map	I-General_Concept
enabled	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
take	O
a	O
virtual	O
tour	O
through	O
the	O
city	O
of	O
Aspen	O
,	O
Colorado	O
(	O
that	O
is	O
,	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
surrogate	O
travel	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
linked	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
choose	O
an	O
arbitrary	O
path	O
through	O
the	O
city	O
;	O
the	O
only	O
restrictions	O
being	O
the	O
necessity	O
to	O
stay	O
in	O
the	O
center	O
of	O
the	O
street	O
;	O
move	O
ten	O
feet	O
between	O
steps	O
;	O
and	O
view	O
the	O
street	O
from	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
four	O
orthogonal	B-Application
views	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
interface	O
feature	O
was	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
touch	O
any	O
building	O
in	O
the	O
current	O
field	O
of	O
view	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
manner	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
ISMAP	B-General_Concept
feature	O
of	O
web	O
browsers	O
,	O
jump	O
to	O
a	O
façade	O
of	O
that	O
building	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Aspen	B-General_Concept
Movie	I-General_Concept
Map	I-General_Concept
was	O
filmed	O
in	O
the	O
fall	O
of	O
1978	O
,	O
in	O
winter	O
1979	O
and	O
briefly	O
again	O
(	O
with	O
an	O
active	O
gyro	O
stabilizer	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
fall	O
of	O
1979	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Aspen	B-General_Concept
Movie	I-General_Concept
Map	I-General_Concept
's	O
military	O
application	O
was	O
to	O
solve	O
the	O
problem	O
of	O
quickly	O
familiarizing	O
soldiers	O
with	O
new	O
territory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DOD	O
hoped	O
that	O
the	O
Movie	O
Map	O
would	O
show	O
the	O
way	O
to	O
a	O
future	O
where	O
computers	O
could	O
instantly	O
create	O
a	O
three-dimensional	O
simulation	O
of	O
a	O
hostile	O
environment	O
at	O
much	O
lower	O
cost	O
and	O
in	O
less	O
time	O
(	O
see	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
Movie	O
Map	O
has	O
been	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
an	O
early	O
example	O
of	O
interactive	O
video	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
perhaps	O
more	O
accurate	O
to	O
describe	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
pioneering	O
example	O
of	O
interactive	B-General_Concept
computing	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
