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Source: Snow Crash, Page: 38
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There is a lot packed into this snippet from SnowCrash. In order for any of this height restricting to work, the virtual environment would have to know who you are, and have access to considerable detail about you, including of course, your height information. Otherwise, people would actually have avatars higher than themselves.
This means access to a national, or more likely international registrar, complete with full biometric IDs.
Many VR environments are actually going this way. Moove and Second Life springing to mind; worlds which store increasing amounts of personal data on their users, bringing privacy into question.
Moreover it strikes as a little unfair. If you are 5' 2", one of the draws of the virtual is you can be taller than you are physically, so you could be on a level height with everyone else. These rules would not allow that. Yet, it is an all too plausible near future for social VR.
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About the Book 'Snow Crash'
By Neal Stephenson
Produced By Bantam Spectra
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