Word: virtualization
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...wireless Packer works in big ways, and in little ways too. There's a virtual lost-and-found bulletin board--sweatshirts are a hot item--and another one where kids can post opinions about the war in Iraq. Last year the school set up an electronic link with a laptop school on an Indian reservation in Alaska, and the kids swapped poems and pictures of themselves. "I've been sick for the past two days," chirps Annie, a Packer eighth-grader, "but instead of just doing nothing and waiting to get the assignments from my friends, I could...
...Austin Lone Star RV Resort. The birds are chirping merrily, but Kara Cox, 19, is oblivious to the unfolding beauty of the day. She's inside her Gulf Stream trailer, still in her pajamas, a week's worth of clothes on the floor, playing in the 3-D virtual world of EverQuest via a wireless connection to the Web. "She's on it four hours a day," says husband Jesse, 22, with an indulgent laugh--and with no exaggeration at all, he swears. "They call it EverCrack for a reason...
Have you ever lost touch with old friends who left town? Sure, you could call or email them--but that can feel like a poor substitute for actually being with them. What you need is some kind of virtual world where you can just hang out in one another's company...
...VIENNA: ZOOM CHILDREN'S MUSEUM There's an interactive music and mathematics show on until February 2004. In the Zoomlab, kids make cartoon films or take a virtual walk in space. In the Zoomstudio they get in touch with their creativity with the help of young Austrian artists. Under-6s and their parents can explore undersea worlds in Zoomocean. Information: Museums Quarter, short walk from city center; www.mqw.at; www.kindermuseum.at. Children $6; adults...
...LONDON: TROCADERO A kids' mall with shops, caf?s, cinemas and two floors of Funland, with bowling, Sports Bar (TV screens and American pool), kiddie rides and seaside-style arcade attractions that combine old (wheel of fortune, pinball and dodgems) and new (video games, dancing stage, virtual-reality roller coasters and trips to space). Or you can sit quietly and let a computer draw your portrait. information: Coventry Street, Piccadilly Circus (Piccadilly Underground station). Bowling $9 per person, pool $1.50, VR ride $3 for two people; www.londontrocadero.com