Word: virtually
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...real.'' Denizens of virtual villages respond that what they have constructed is as real as anything three-dimensional. ``The online world is not utopia,'' says ECHO founder Stacy Horn. ``We take all our problems, needs, strangeness, biases and prejudices online with us.'' In short, members take themselves along for the ride. ``People who have troubles with their friends in the real world think they'll come online and have lots of friends, and it's not true,'' says Horn. ``They have equal trouble establishing friendships in cyberspace.'' In most online communities, the esprit is fiercely democratic. When crises arise, they...
...transaction, is poised to move to a higher level of interactivity. Next: interactive-TV programs and in-store kiosks known as ``electronic mirrors'' with holographic images that enable buyers to see what clothes look like on them without actually trying anything on. Computer catalogs of homes will someday include virtual-reality ``tours'' of each room in a house...
...exceptions will be those applications that save lives or promote public welfare. Exotic technologies, like virtual reality, can lower the overall cost of complex medical procedures. A VR-like ``data fusion system'' developed by Medical Media Systems in Hanover, New Hampshire, enables doctors to re-create remote organs, like the liver, and ``watch'' the endoscopic removal of a tumor. Tests on animals are under way now; human trials begin in July. Even at $80,000, the system is cost efficient...
...maze of steamy places that don't exist makes up the warp and the woof of sex on the Net today. The fact that virtual sex happens on the Net upsets a lot of people. Unfortunately, sex on the Net turns on a lot of people too. I know. I've been covering sex on the networks for nearly 10 years. Strictly as a professional, of course. I've seen things that would make William Burroughs blush and send Catharine MacKinnon into cardiac arrest. I've had a chance to order whips and chains by the gross, drop...
...that since no one can see you, you certainly don't have to look your best. Yet another plus is that you can, to a certain degree, experience and understand life-styles that you would never dream of trying in real life. And, of course, the safety of virtual sex is unparalleled. The only viruses that can be transmitted in cyberspace are computer viruses. While annoying, they tend to let the users live...