OK take a look at this report from Tokyo in the New York Times:

In Tokyo, the New Trend Is 'Media Immersion Pods'
By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN
In the world's most media-saturated city, people take a
break by checking themselves into warrens cluttered with
computers, TV's, video games and every other entertainment
of the electronic age.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/arts/14heff.html?th&emc=th