But we should also be aware of the risk that a virtual confrontation will escalate into a real-life situation, maybe even a life-threatening one.
The evening is framed by non-virtual confrontations and confessions.
A small group of liberated humans — Neo, Morpheus, and Trinity — fight back, through confrontations with the virtual Agent Smith, and the stark darkness of the machine-controlled world is countered by the feeble light of human solidarity.
In this study we will use "transcranial direct current stimulation" to modulate brain activation during the confrontation with a virtual reality scenario.
The next day, the tense confrontation between Israelis and Palestinians erupted into virtual open warfare, and in Yemen, the American Navy destroyer Cole was bombed in a terrorist attack that took the lives of 17 sailors.
Still, I would not wish a harsh political confrontation on my country, and even less a virtual civil war.
"After every performance, Russell and I talk about how our scene worked that night," she said, referring to a confrontation she and Mr. Hornsby have in which Ms. White delivers a virtual manifesto on behalf of black women.
If a child practices shooting virtual bullies and getting away with it, what experiences will he or she bring to a confrontation with a real bully?
Confrontations over the constitutional limits of presidential authority became more frequent in the 1980s and '90s, when the presidency and Congress were commonly controlled by different parties, which led to stalemate and a virtual paralysis of government.
Confrontations between principals fizzle.
These confrontations occur regularly.
