SDAI-Tech1 wrote: "Why leave the comfort of home and put your life in danger by exploring new frontiers when one can be a pseudo-explorer in an artificial reality? What would motivate kids when they have an endless selection of time consuming options to spend every spare moment of their free time?"

I know if I had a Holo Deck, a replicator, and my own Fusion power plant to run them I would never be the least bit concerned about building a real spaceship or spending my life out traveling years between the stars searching for the unknown, maybe nothing when I could have whatever I wanted and any adventure I could imagine.

The present state of video games even the virtual reality glasses is not enough to be a substitute for the real thing.