Still the dawn of this new media

Watching a wonderful documentary on Shakespeare’s life and background with wife. The director of the Royal Shakespearean Theater says, more or less,

T.V. has been around for 50 years, a relatively new medium, new experience. Theater itself had only been around less than that 50 years when William was alive. Theater as a medium and concept was new, fresh, conveyed emotions still new to generations.

It got me to thinking that if 50 years seemed fresh to them, and still largely to us, what do virtual worlds hold in store for coming generations. At this 6th birthday of Second Life, really the first major virtual world experience involving, well, most of the world, it gives pause to consider.