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in a dream and what I see while awake. It's already common for people to
experience computer generated virtual reality. I saw a movie about
virtual reality the other day. It was about the same thing we're discussing
now. The heroes of the film were hooked up to a computer, found
themselves transported to different places. For example, they thought
they were in a gym doing Oriental martial arts but in fact never moved
from the chair in front of the computer in that small room. One of the
characters tried to explain to the person hooked up to the computer that
what he was seeing was really just illusions. The film's hero didn't believe

it, and he was only convinced when the computer images froze.

IBRAHIM: I saw that film too, but I didn't think of it from that angle.

AHMED: Murad, I see the point too, but can you give more
examples to help us understand better?

MURAD: Sure! Let's go back to your dream. When you were
swimming did you feel the coldness of the water, the buoyancy, taste the

As can be seen in the
picture, the hero of the
film demonstrates
super-human feats
when he has to; he can
even fly through the
air. Although he
experiences these
things in a highly
realistic way, they are
actually imaginary
impressions created in
the brain by the
computer. Although
the hero thinks he is
experiencing these
exciting adventures, he
is actually sitting in a
chair.