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(IDG) -- LAS VEGAS - People think they're wired now, but they haven't seen anything yet. Just wait until the world is populated with silicon cockroaches - wireless devices that can communicate with each other and the Internet, said John Sidgmore, CEO of MCI WorldCom, in his keynote at Comdex/Fall '98.

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"Everyone will have an average of five IP objects on their body by 2000," he predicted. Eventually there will even be digital eye glasses with voice control that would offer all sorts of information to the wearer. "Sony is working on the technology, so it'll happen. It'll cost $20." MORE COMDEX NEWS [INLINE] IDG.net home page IDG.net's

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"Industry explosions like this are extremely, exceedingly rare," Sidgmore said. "I think 40, 50 years from today people will look back and say this was the Golden Age of Communications."

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