Digital Pet

A digital pet is an artificial companion of human. They do not look like any kind of pet and they are only the hardware that the run on! The pet is used in two forms. It may be goal oriented interaction which means the owner should keep it alive and help it to grow into the higher forms. It needs to be fed, groomed and played. If the interaction is not goal oriented, then the user can build a relationship with the pet and try to know its characters. Some of these pets respond to touch and some can be trained. Sometimes these pets have real visual effects to make it more real. So far the pet cannot reproduce. Some of them are a palm computer and some are games on website. What is the purpose of having a digital pet when we may have a real pet is a big question for me. It is true that we can teach responsibility to our kids or having fun with the digital pet, but we may do the same by adopting a real pet from a shelter and help a real animal to survive, too. What’s next? Digital Baby?!!!