A form of network interaction incorporating aspects of role-playing and interactive theater. In a virtual reality, interaction between the participants is written like a shared novel complete with scenery and "foreground characters" that may be personae utterly unlike the people who write them.

Although not rendered in 3D, a web site is a virtual reality. It portrays to the customer just what you show them. They will perceive you at exactly the quality level that they see on their monitor screen.

  On the internet nobody knows you're a dog!