That will come in the form of virtual goods which they are already doing and a new adsense like community ad model.

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But what if you could tag a real-life building with a photo of yourself or some other content, as a form of virtual graffiti?

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This, perhaps, is virtual manufacturing in its purest form.

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The database produced by the Sloan survey will form one element of the so-called Virtual Observatory.

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Thankfully, for virtual hackers everywhere, help is at hand in the form of the TeeFreek.

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It's not clear if Icelandic game studio CCP is extending its crazy MMO, EVE Online, into the world of virtual reality, but the company is working on some form of EVE-based VR application using the Oculus Rift.

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Add a note and use the virtual keyboard to include your comments, highlight text, scribble free form, and even add a stamp to emphasize a point.

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Then, on the following day, the doctors were asked to perform a series of simulated operations via a virtual reality program used to train doctors in laparoscopic surgery, a form of minimally invasive surgery performed with tiny incisions and a fiber-optic camera.

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In one virtual galaxy, players build, fight, and trade, joining together to form "corporations" to gain control over sections of the huge starscape.

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The giver fills out a form -- and for a fee the company e-mails the recipient a virtual gift certificate.

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