XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article , sna    
   wrote:   
   >   
   > A much more believable future for the work situation would   
   > be full telecommuting where you never actually leave home   
   > at all even for full 'meetings' of lots of people at work etc.   
      
   You can already do that. There was a show on TV this week which was   
   showing a robot from one company that you can control from anywhere   
   else in the world and the robot is your presence at the meeting (it has   
   a small screen showing your web camera feed and has cameras to see the   
   other people.   
      
   Of course, you can also already do something similar with virtual   
   meetings fully online.   
      
      
      
      
   > Same for the shopping, no need to ever visit any store,   
   > even to make sure the item fits etc.   
      
   What's this "shopping" you speak of??   ;-)   
      
   With the growth of 3D printers, shopping for products will become a   
   simple case of buying and downloading a pattern from a web store.   
      
      
      
      
   > Tho presumably most would still want to leave home occasionally   
   > even say for just a meal out etc.   
      
   Why?? Even if you did, you should still take you device with you and   
   stay immersed online ... just watch the second half of Wall-E to see   
   how that works.  ;-)   
      
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