When we have truly immersive interaction between people who are in different parts of the world, that will be the beginning of what now seems like an odd phenomenon: We can feel like we are in the same room, but you can be in summer while I am in winter, or vice versa.
Perhaps you are in Rio de Janeiro and I am in New York in December. It might be very hot where you are, but freezing cold where I am.
Suppose further that we decide to take a walk together outside, using our future immersive communication technology. I am trudging through snow, while you are walking along a sandy beach.
I wonder whether we could eventually turn this around. Maybe we could use this sort of technology to allow a person in NY in the dead of winter to have the feeling of walking with their friends along a sandy beach on a beautiful sunny day in Rio.
I, for one, would be in favor of that. 🙂