It's a natural progression in tech predictions. I remember the same thing in the late 90s with VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language, with a plugin available

It's a natural progression in tech predictions. I remember the same thing in the late 90s with VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language, with a plugin available for Netscape). I never quite got how walking through a "virtual 3D store" was a good experience, but PC Magazine and others at the time seemed to think it was somehow the future of the web. Edit: some VRML links for the nostalgic: [1] http://books.google.com/books/about/PC_Magazine_Programming_Vrml.html?id=YpKmkgEACAAJ http://books.google.com/books/about/PC_Magazine_Programming_...