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Does "virtual tourism" count as gaming?

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OC101

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IBM made it possible that you can visit Forbidden City without actually being there. (They actually spent 3 years and copied the entire real Forbidden City)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081010/od_nm/us_china_forbiddencity;_ylt=ArG5_lQ6xKFrkFXd1a5Wkais0NUE

The actual link to the virtual tour program is
http://www.beyondspaceandtime.org/FCBSTWeb/web/index.html#link=download


Is this suppose to be different from traditional MMORPG? Since you don't kill stuff for grinding in there. But Second Life doesn't have that kind of things either.

Maybe it would be more fun if they virtual(ize) the entire planet so detailed that I can check out my neighbor's house without going in. :D
 
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Is it just me, or there is no option of changing graphics and movement settings?
 
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