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Sunday, April 29, 2007

Welcome to the New Metaverse - Robert Hof, Sci-Tech Today

If virtual-world visionaries have their way, we are at the the start of a coming Big Bang of potential virtual-reality applications. Take shopping. It's no secret that the same efficiency that drives e-commerce also makes it a boring and lonely pursuit. "What missing from online shopping is the social and recreational experience," says Bob Moore, a sociologist who studies virtual worlds at Palo Alto Research Center.

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