We are not constrained by the same laws of physics, unless we impose them upon ourselves.Cyberspace is not a 3D Euclidean space.So why are we forcing ourselves to walk down streets and halls and to open doors?.We can move from point A to point B instantly without passing through the space in between.This is cyberspace, where we can do anything.I wondered, why do these worlds look and function as much as possible like the real thing?.It looked Just Like The Real memorials to Diana.It was the day after Princess Diana died, and there were many memorials to her, bouquets of flowers by fountains, photos of Diana with messages.I saw a demo of Alpha World, built by hundreds of thousands of mostly teenagers.You approached the door, opened it, entered, and saw rows of CDs on racks, and an escalator to take you to the next floor.In one I saw a Tower Records store, whose front looked like the real thing.I have seen virtual worlds where you walk down streets lined by buildings.Why do these worlds look and function as much as possible like the real thing?.3D virtual worlds and avatars are a manifestation of this.I have heard it said that cyberspace is a place for the mind, yet we feel compelled to take our bodies with us.But cyberspace is not a material space and it is not inherently 3D.Over and over again, in a variety of ways, we are shaping cyberspace in the form of the 3D material space that we inhabit.We are almost in the same position today with respect to the digital medium.We didn’t understand the nature of the medium of cinema.Because the cinema medium was new, we didn’t fully understand what it is and what we can do with it.It reminds me of early cinema when we set a camera in front of a stage and filmed a play.The Turing Test is one of he biggest red-herrings in science.The Turing Test suggests that we can know that machines have become intelligent when we can not distinguish them from human, in free conversation over a teletype.Beyond the Turing Test Tom Ray ATR HIP Labs, Kyoto Zoology Department University of Oklahoma

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