Word: virtualization
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...entertaining as renting a movie or watching a ball game. The 3-D effects are what game pros call immersive, that is, real enough to make you forget the 4-ft. space between you and your TV. Nintendo's smart-chip technology, blended with terrific software, has created a virtual world so compelling that the plastic game box moves from novelty to full-fledged revelation...
...This nearly cinematic biography of the nation's longest-serving President offers a compelling look at the man and his time. The elegant design includes virtual tours of F.D.R.'s home. ($40; Corbis...
Armchair Caesars have been spending the fall creating and crushing the virtual empires of this wonderful "artificial world" CD-ROM. The game--if that's the right word--puts players at the helm of a budding society, just crawling out of hunt-and-gather mode. Building your tribe into an empire proves to be a pretty addictive sensation, though it takes a mix of smart planning and tactical warfare to win the game. ($50; Spectrum Holobyte/Microprose...
Increasingly, students looking to blow off steam are choosing to gun down strangers in virtual reality...
...Next term we hope to provide real-time communication in courses via the use of tools to create virtual environments," Bergen says...