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From: jraymond@BBN.COM (Jayson Raymond)
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Subject: Re: MONDO 2000
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Date: 22 Feb 91 21:52:12 GMT
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	Well, I have read the first and second issues and was intrigued
at first, then turned cold as I read the "hype" regarding virtual
reality. I have done work in this area, and am familiar with it's key
contributors. 

	Of course I guess I should let you know I am a bit biased. You
see, at one point I was interviewed by a Howard Rheingold regarding what
I had done in VR for a book he was writing.  As I read the article in
issue #2 regarding "Teledildonics" (yes, really about virtual reality
applied to sex), my ego was reduced to it's appropriate size as I
realized it was written by the same Howard Rheingold. Me a prude? No. VR
Sex, an interesting fleeting thought? Maybe. But come on, really, an
entire article devoted to it?

	The magazine is an interesting blend of New Age/High Tech and is
entertaining. Virtual reality is the future direction we will be
heading, but from a technical perspective, there is an awful lot of hype.

	And hey, what do you think of the psychoactive soft drinks
advertised therein? Well, I suppose if you drank enough of any sugarry
liquid, it would have a psychological effect... including sugar and
caffeine buzzes.

	But it is fun to read.

--Jayson
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jraymond@bbn.com


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