(the information below is of the opinion of the writer only)

Who doesn’t enjoy getting together with friends for an evening of fun, active communication, happily recalling old times, and actively making new memories together? Sharing in food and drink, music and kindness toward one another in a group are moments in time for future remembrances. Shared ideas and plans and forthcoming invitations between good friends is irreplaceable. These things glue relationships together for the future. Agreements of opinions and exploring new ideas together is exciting and positive in cementing friendships that last over a lifetime.

Creating the perfect location for a group of good friends to enjoy one another’s company is fun and shows the care and depth of friendship and hospitality to a group of good friends. Your desire to make the environment friendly, warm and inviting is necessary. All of the features of the environment such as room temperature, color, lighting and odors are elements of a pleasant environment. Just as important are the physical comfort of sitting together or standing or dancing or viewing a video and playing games together as a group. The good host or hostess is aware of their friends' likes and dislikes in appreciated music and in food and drink.

A host or hostess develops a plan for the party, get-together, meeting or event. One must decide if the experience with friends is a celebration theme of crystal goblets of champagne and caviar or if the celebration is one of an actual sports event in the making such as a Super-bowl party or home movie of Little Leaguers playing on a ball diamond. Perhaps it is an informal get-together of friends discussing a desired project in their community. Or the get-together could simply be centered around a game of cards or simply coming together in friendship for a brief social interaction. It may be simply a very informal discussion among friends.

It is no longer necessary to leave you home to attend any event such as described above. There is no longer the need to acquire finances, transportation, reservations, accommodations, wearing apparel or personal preparations. Now you can invite or attend with your friends, family or business associates without any prerequisites. Distance is not a problem. Anyone, anywhere in the world can attend any event. By means of VR and AR and “Meta” all of this is possible wherever you are. Are you sitting at your desk? Are you comfortably laying in bed? Are you at the breakfast table? Are you on your lunch break or merely looking out the window on a cold and snowy day while remaining cozy and warm inside and away from the harsh weather outside? Are your children awake or are they fast asleep. Childcare or “babysitters” are no longer needed to keep watch over the children. It is convenient, easy and rewarding.

How is this possible, how does this work and how will it feel? Is this happening in real time or is this just a game?

The answers are: Yes, it is possible and it is very simple. All it takes is a little preparation in the beginning when you choose to display the features of yourself that you desire. If you choose to add or change any feature later on, that too is easy to do. Just as you would place a party event on your calendar or a note on your refrigerator or schedule book or phone calendar, you do the same with an event that you have initiated or been invited to attend. It is a real time event, not a game or a false meeting. Your friends have been invited as well.

Harry and Janie are Preparing and Attending their first Virtual Party in VR, AR, or Meta.

Harry receives through his email an invitation for him and his wife Janie. It is a celebration! One of Harry’s friends has been promoted in his job to Department Manager. It is a somewhat formal party with champagne and hors d'oeuvres. Black tie and evening dresses are the customary apparel to be worn for such an occasion. The party begins at 9pm and it ends at midnight.

What to Expect at the Party/Celebration

From 9pm to 10pm is the social time. This period of time is meant for guests to mingle with one another in a large room. In the background a small orchestra is playing contemporary music. A dance floor is situated in the area in front of the orchestra. Couples dance as they choose. The main large room is interspersed with round tables with 6 place settings of china, silver and crystal. Each table has fresh flowers as its centerpiece. Name cards are placed on each place setting.

From 10 pm to 11:15 pm guests enter into an adjoining movie theater. At 10:30 pm lights dim and the guests find their soft reclining seats. The Host of the party speaks about the movie that will be shown and speaks about the particulars of the movie and the characters that the guests will be seeing in the movie. At 10:45 the lights go off. Wall sconces light up and the movie begins on the screen. The movie introduces the company where the host is employed and the employees in the department he has been positioned in. The movie presents facts about the company and real life events of the employees. It shares what the opportunities are for those who are employed by the company. After the movie ends, the guests return to the large room.

From 11:15 to midnight guests return to their seating at the tables. The orchestra is playing. Champagne and cake are brought to the guests. At a podium in front of the large room stands a person with a microphone. He speaks about the employment history and the achievements of the host while employed by the company. He calls the host to the microphone where he presents a Company Letter of Achievement and a plaque to the host for gaining his new position as Department Manager. The host accepts the award and responds in appreciation. The guests clap for the host’s achievements in approval. The host then returns to his table, the orchestra plays and the party continues in socializing and dancing until midnight. At midnight the host bids each guest farewell at the existing doorway.

How do I use VR/AR or Meta or make an Avatar?

First, you must have a computer or a device that is designed to carry, transmit and use the data necessary to experience VR/AR or Meta. Once you have the required device and internet speed such as 5G or 6G, then you merely use a VR set or AR or Meta application and download. Some VR and AR necessitate the user wear goggles or glasses. The hardware is necessary in order to use the application.

After you have the prior application, you will have to download a particular software program that your friends also use. (This could be Facebook's Meta for example–yet others will continue to surface).

After downloading the software program for Meta, you will make a digital character of yourself. It can look exactly like you by uploading a picture of yourself. Or if desired, you can create a human avatar with the physical characteristics you prefer. (these are well known characters created for game playing). Avatars are individual digital representations of a human or animal entity.

One you have uploaded a picture of yourself as the avatar or created your own Avatar, then you also give the avatar a voice, likes and dislikes. You can add skills and achievements to your Avatar's history. Anything about you, you can also add to the Avatar's description. It is a replica of you in the digital world. The Avatar can be a member of groups, associations, schools and employment. Anything that makes you, YOU is added to the Avatar’s description and existence.When the Avatar you have created has been given an address, then the Avatar can accept invitations to events. Physical appearances are interchangeable. This allows the creator to appear in internet public places or internet private places wearing various apparel, such as evening gowns or a black tie suit of clothes. The Avatar can walk, sit, crawl or run etc. The Avatar can ride in vehicles or on horseback. The list of activities is endless and the physical descriptions are only dependent on the software available to choose from.

Movement and Dexterity of an Avatar

How you would move or use your avatar to pick up objects, eat, sing or dance or enter and exit a vehicle or doorway is dependent on the software and the application you would be using. How to reach a destination is also dependent on the internet address and the program and application of the software and hardware associated.

Voice and Voice Recognition

Using the microphone or employing “see and say” software interfaces are the possible methods of voice. This phenomena is new and ever changing and gaining clarity. Eventually, I believe the spoken word will simply be made through brain computer interfacing as will the movements and the dexterity that is now done In AR and VR by wireless and wires interfacing with gloves or finger pads.

Being the HOST of a party or Room

One can only choose the objects, sound and environments in a party or room that the software makes available. I believe this will be ever changing and will encompass anything that is from a nanoscale to space and planetary wide. It is a software program’s features. As time progresses, I believe this also will grow in vast choices. Examples of environmental features include tables, chairs, wall color, artwork, types of rooms, furnishings of all kinds to exteriors of vehicles, cities, towns and the universe itself.

How will you know when in a room if you are speaking and interacting with a robot or a human being or an entity? Presently, I do not have the answer to this question. But I do believe that data collection of personal information, likes, dislikes and social scoring is a part of the platforms in use now and in the future as brain to cloud- to quantum computer -interfacing develops quickly with the planetary addition of 5G and 6G and higher capacity in speed and breadth.