It does sort of 'trickle down' to us. The 3D effects, like shadowing and parralax correction, we see on our 2D screens were once designated as 'VR'. As Donuel says look at the film industry as well - Do you think Shrek is real? ;-)

Out of interest is there anyone out there (apart form me!) who thinks that virtual system or network admin would be good? I read 'Headcrash' by Bruce Bethke many years ago. By night the hero cruised the 'superhighway' on his virtual Harley but his day job, as an administrator, involved him tidying up stacks of files with his headset and gloves!

I think it would be good if network admin, for instance, could involve wandering round the virtual campus looking for leaks of bits coming out of virtul pipeline and applying puncture repair patches:-) Or is that just sad..?

Cheers

DtG