re moral values and ideals decline. Virtual sex does not have to follow Zhai's projection for it to be detrimental to human interaction and morals. The outrage and confusion that virtual sex would inevitably generate further reinforces virtual reality's many flaws.In everyday life, we face discrimination of some sort; whether it be race discrimination, or social status discrimination, the world as we know it enables others to judge us. In virtual reality, according to Jaron Lanier, who all refer to as the Father of Virtual Reality, "Virtual reality is the ultimate lack of class or race distinctions or any other forms of pretense since all form is variable" (email to the author 5 April 1999). Virtual reality transcends cultural barriers, international lines, and gender differences; it breaks down discrimination due to its impersonal nature. To Lanier, "if the technology has a tendency to increase human communication, human sharing, then I think it's a good one overall" (email to the author 5 April 1999). Virtual reality allows the users to meet in a virtual world where forms and appearance do not matter as much. More importantly, virtual reality can effect human interaction in a negative way. The technology rests solely on computer-simulated images and computer codes to dictate the outcomes. In actuality, we have moved into an era where we are more machine dependent. Human interaction becomes less and less frequent once virtual reality applications become readily available (Reynolds 121). Virtual reality carries with it all the promises of quicker and less expensive meetings, conferences, and get-togethers because of its networking capabilities. For this very reason, people will find themselves immersed in virtual reality without any actual human contact and as "we become more machine dependent, we're going to struggle with loving things" (McRary M1). The loss of human contact brings with it an impersonal world where relationships and so...
