Parties of the future

The following might seem a bit too futuristic, but keep reading anyway.

Let's say you have to organize a party. Now, half of the people are too far away to actually attend, but the urge to have a good time with said people is huge. You can then let someone else organize another party at that remote location and then link the parties together via webcams and Yaika!

Indeed, that would require a lot of cameras and big screen TVs on both ends of the parties so that the effect or partying together would really seem real. But this means there are going to be noticeable expenditures. The aforementioned problem will subdue with time as the cost of electronics is always decreasing, but there's a far bigger issue - people might feel too weird when trying to have good time with other people via webcams. But then again, all new things feel awkward at first.

Of course, if this all is going to happen, it's going to be in the distant future, but it's something to think about. The Internet gives us endless communicative possibilities, we just have to find ways to use them.