what do you prefer?

i have a preference for the real but who is to say what is real or not.

Information is out

I have placed posters and flyers around my university as well as other places.
Hopefully you've seen them and that's why your here.
Please leave comments about the topic of virtual reality addiction, and have a look through the articles on this blog.
Tell me what you think.
Thank you

A story about a tree

Here is a link to a story about how powerful virtual reality games can be.

http://www.raphkoster.com/gaming/essay1.shtml

NPR: a second life to live

This is a link to an american news site. It contains a news cast where a technical expert talks through what is happening in Second Life, and just generally gives information to people that don't know much about the phenomenon.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6375226

This is a similar report, but this one concentrates more on the growing expansion of Virtual Reality:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6581268