Word: virtually
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...start-ups such as Ariba and Commerce One--both of which just enjoyed successful IPOs--are launching "vertical marketplaces": bulletin-board and auction-oriented sites that render intra-industry transactions faster, cheaper and smarter by gathering buyers and sellers into one virtual locale. There's Metalsite.com for steel products; Fastparts.com for electronics; PlasticsNet.com for plastics; Solidwaste.com for...well, you get the picture...
...CANDY Want to swap that tired old computer monitor for a pair of virtual goggles? Now you can afford to. This binocular headset from Colorado MicroDisplay and Daeyang E&C was one of the stars of the show. It offers SVGA-quality graphics and feels about as heavy as a pair of regular glasses. The price tag is pretty light too, a relatively meager $800. You won't be able to see your boss walk in, but he won't be able to see you playing games, either. LOOK, MA! NO WIRES Still trying to hook your laptop to your...
...Internet is a different world; it is not quite real, it is "virtual." The first thing you notice through this looking glass is that everything is prefixed by an "e"--e-mail, e-commerce, e-dating--and the rules of the real world, from social Norms in chat rooms to the laws of capitalization in e-mail, don't apply...
...Average annual growth rates of the virtual economy and the real-world economy over the past four years...
...pink. He walks on all fours--a major cybernetic achievement, I'm told. He wags his tail freely and waves a paw cheerily. He can spin his limbs around, get to his feet when he's lying on his back--another giant leap for robotkind--and take a virtual leak. But AIBO can be willful too. His eyes go red if you pat him too hard. If he can't quite reach his hot-pink ball, he will freak out. And if you take the ball away, he pauses for a second before rotating his head toward you with just...