Television is a very different thing from video games. It's kind of hard for me to compare.
The future is now! Soon every American home will integrate their television, phone and computer. You'll be able to visit the Louvre on one channel, or watch female wrestling on another. You can do your shopping at home, or play Mortal Kombat with a friend from Vietnam. There's no end to the possibilities!
I'm really interested in the pleasure we get from stories and the pleasure we get from movies, and certainly the pleasure we get from virtual experiences. My complaint is against empathy as a moral guide. But as a source of pleasure, it can't be beat.
I do think there's something about the digital age that is increasingly dehumanising us. We're in this very weird place where we're being pulled into experiences that aren't really experiences at all.
The internet has become such a great tool not just for chefs but for everyone. The net has given everyone the tools to see and almost experience new and different ideas.
I don't do that virtual reality stuff. I'm not even into 3D, actually... I've been offered it. I just don't want to.
People didn't stop spending money, they just spent it on things that complement their PCs.
We believe as people share experiences virtually, their avatars should have the ability to express a full range of emotions.
The further I've gotten into the Internet, the more I've become convinced that we've explored only a tiny corner of what it can mean and what we can feel there.
Everyone must go through all experiences but they need not go through them all in reality -they can do it vicariously, by imagination.
Without stepping out the door, you can know the world.
We are being entertained all the time - in the bathroom, on the train, in our beds. Sure, there is a smaller audience for theater. But we know from radio that entertainment never goes away, it just changes. And more power to it.
