Summary: |
Activities which involve mainly the transfer of information, such as listening to music or attending a class, will eventually be better accomplished through non-material media. Telecommunication media such as the Internet or cyberspace, as they develop and become more useful, will tend to improve their interfaces, making them more natural and easy to use, and lead to the conclusion that in a near future virtual environments and buildings will be constructed in cyberspace. These will be of two kinds those that imitate reality, and those that take advantage of the intrinsic qualities of cyberspace. |