From: "Carl J Kuzmich" Subject: REAL dangers of virtual worlds? Date: 31 Oct 91 17:35:24 GMT Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Computing & Information Services Hello I want to begin by thanking everyone who assisted me in my need to find literature relating to virtual reality, THANKS.... I have a question concerning VR. What do you consider to be the REAL dangers associated with virtual worlds ??? I for one feel that if it were to be delivered similarly to the way we broadcast TV, that it would be possible to not only distort the visual world that a user would experience, but also the emotionally related world. For one I could see this being used to create a virtual "candidate" for a political office that never existed.. I for one am in love with the idea of a "self-created" world. Living books ??? Any opinions, or is the wrong place for this? If so I apologize in advance and assure everyone that it will never happen again. -- Carl Joel Kuzmich (412) 624-1885 University of Pittsburgh 4015 O'Hara Street, 110 Old Engineering Hall Pittsburgh, PA 15260