Adam asked the question of the theoretical difference between the virtual world and what is deemed as the real world. Communication has existed since the dawn of time and the presence of man/woman.
Early philosophers such as Aristotle and Plato critically evaluated 'dialogue and discussion' and communication as between two or more people. However today, in our ever evaluating virtual world we are communicating on a level that has never existed before. We are enabling chatrooms which play host to hundreds and hundreds of participants and our very idea of what is real is supplemented by virtual money, virtual characters, virtual chat and what-not.
Virtual reality is played out even more in movies. How many sci-fi, futuristic films focus on the 'future', where robots are helping to run our lives, we drive in flying cars and we can be teleported to unknown worlds. Will this ever become a reality, more importantly, do we want this to become a reality?
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