Virtualization will be a reality

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"We will enter the age of virtualization. There will be virtual office rooms, virtual classrooms, virtual training. Distances will not be limiting anymore, it will be the age of global competition. Products will be designed, manufactured and distributed at lightening speed. You will be able to sit in front of a console, design your own car with all the features you want, send it to a virtual factory to get it manufactured and UPS will deliver it to you within 2-3 days. Educational systems will be transformed. Not only students, but people like you and I, will be able to take courses that are customized for us from the best professors in the world with the skill level and at speed that is consistent with our own abilities." -- Arun Netravali

Where the Future May Take Us . . .