History of  technology of virtuality
Is writing a technology? (yes!)
Online spaces- other new modes of expression of virtuality
The difficulty of going past the virtual/real dichotomy (SL is what telephone talking was for our grandparents)
Setting up the framework for understanding or talking about virtual reality (a way of being real but not necessarily ‘situated’)
Example of embodied forms of virtuality :putting on make-up
Dichotomy Virtual versus Real : Are we “here” right now? How can we know we are “here” right now? (evidence: tangible items, people; nevertheless “place” may be physical or non-physical/mental)
The discussion of virtual/real brings forward the Social Construction of Reality
Reality exists in our evidencing and experiencing; it’s not always about putting our body in a place.