Imagine swimming with dolphins before breakfast and climbing Everest an hour later. What about crawling over the dusty surface of Mars after lunch and then shrinking yourself down to the size of an atom to explore the world of nanotechnology before you go to bed? In a few years time, all these things may be possible thanks to a type of computer technology known as virtual reality (VR). The basic idea of VR is to create an entirely artificial sensory world that fools our brains into thinking we're somewhere else. Virtual reality is incredibly useful and raises all kinds of exciting possibilities. But will the attractions of the virtual world mean people stop meeting and socializing with one another in real reality?
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