### emerging technology:

Virtual reality
* Virtual Reality allows one to explore a computer-generated world by actually being in it
  - can enhance communications in many professional areas
* Virtual Reality is believed to be the 'sixth generation' of computer technology
  - often cheaper than renting an airplane for a person that fears flying
* Virtual Reality is the computer-generated simulation of a real or imagined environment or world
  - technology of the future
  - transcendent, because if reality is digital, it is programmable
  - used in fields of film, medicine, and for entertainment
  - simulation or imitation of real life
  - whole world of excitement and fantasy
  - realities are simulated worlds created by computers loaded with interactive software
* allows for intuitive, real time interactions with data.
* can also help the physically challenged learn to cope with their environment
  - be an effective shield against real reality
  - provide the same sensations as doing and seeing because it is interactive
  - span the ages or it can be as simple as a beating heart
* computer interface that maximizes our natural perception abilities
  - operated simulator that simulates a imaginary world
  - simulation of a whole physical environment
* computer-generated technology.
* contains many elements present also in live performance.
* diverse and multi-faceted medium.
* exists as a place for spirits, angels and humans.
* family of technologies that simulate real or imagined environments.
* fledgling technology that allows people to explore new worlds.
* gives museum goers the opportunity to learn about computers and simulation.
* has numerous applications in medicine and space, as well
  - the inherent danger of become reality to everyone
* helps to vanquish fear of flying.
* immerses users in information safely, cheaply, and quickly.
* is also a valuable tool in the development of therapeutic drugs
  - on the near horizon
  - an emerging technology
  - both a technology and a way of thinking and the two are linked
  - clearly part of the current wave of new technologies
  - computer games
  - in the news and in the movies, on TV and in the air
  - investigated to image the complex field
  - made possible directly by computational science
  - nearly as real as reality
  - no guarantee of virtuous reality
  - presentation of reality on cyberspace
  - simulated reality
* is the accident of reality itself
  - computer - generated simulation of a real or imagined environment or world
  - computer-generated simulation of a real or an imagined environment or world
  - creation of cyberspace
  - only reality that means anything anymore
  - simulation of being in cyberspace
  - used as a novel tool for behavioral experiments on humans
* means real time simulation.
* new and effective tool for studies and researches in science.
* offers new and exciting ways for individuals to engage their senses.
* provides a paradigm for presenting information that satisfies the needs of planners
  - window into other worlds
* revolutionizes the area of biomedicine.
* signals the end of the infancy of computers which are no longer computational tools.
* starts with the real world scene and virtualizes it.
* strives to be a natural user interface.
* three-dimensional world that has interaction with the user.
* tutorial in appreciating the depth of real experience.
* uses equipment that no one understands for long.
* video game
* world watered down until all substance is dissolved.