Virtual Quotes

“Just as in the physical world, people within virtual worlds perform and cycle through different roles and identities. Virtual worlds make such shifts explicit, as well as introducing spaces for play and performance.”

“Commentators frequently blame MMORPGs for an increasing sense of isolation in modern life. But virtual worlds are less a cause of that isolation than a response to it. Virtual worlds give back what has been scooped out of modern life. The virtual world is in important ways more authentically human than the real world. It gives us back community, a feeling of competence, and a sense of being an important person whom people depend on.”

“Wisdom of the Ages: "Virtual Reality" A fairly plausible explanation for the abundance of Virtual People running around these days.”

“I know when I grew up, it was, if it was daylight outside, get outside. Well, now, with the technological age of computers and everything, everyone's inside virtually going everywhere they want to go, virtually having relationships, virtually traveling across the neighborhood, virtually going to that island.”

“Another very good test some readers may want to look up, which we do not have space to describe here, is the Casimir effect, where forces between metal plates in empty space are modified by the presence of virtual particles.Thus virtual particles are indeed real and have observable effects that physicists have devised ways of measuring. Their properties and consequences are well established and well understood consequences of quantum mechanics.”

“Virtual worlds are places of imagination that encompass practices of play, performance, creativity and ritual.”

“And finally have fun with it. If you’re not having fun, your speakers won’t have fun, and your participants won’t have fun. No matter what happens, remember that marketing should be fun, and life should be enjoyed.”

“Speakers are very busy people, with their own lives.Once you remember that sentence then it’s easy to know how to treat them and attract them.”

“A few will say no, but many will say yes…remember that every No will get you closer to the many yeses as long as you have a system that works for you.”

“Computers have virtually replaced tape recorders.”