1. Computer simulations that use 3-D graphics and devices such as the
Dataglove to allow the user to interact with the simulation. See
{cyberspace}.
2. A form of network interaction incorporating aspects of
role-playing games, interactive theater, improvisational comedy, and
`true confessions' magazines. In a virtual reality forum (such as
Usenet's alt.callahans newsgroup or the {MUD} experiments on
Internet), interaction between the participants is written like a
shared novel complete with scenery, foreground characters that may be
personae utterly unlike the people who write them, and common
background characters manipulable by all parties. The one iron law is
that you may not write irreversible changes to a character without
the consent of the person who `owns' it. Otherwise anything goes. See
{bamf}, {cyberspace}, {teledildonics}.
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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {bamf}{cyberspace}{jack in}{MUD}{VR}]