Friday, March 16, 2012

Modeling Reality with Virtual Worlds

What are difference in the Virtual Worlds?
The Virtual world has been designed to improve the real life of the human being. It allows to people to do what in the real life can't do. For example, people now can imaging fly with their own capabilities, swimming and breathing under water, creating fantasy a world that it does not exist and imaging new ideas for personal future life. The second life also is good because it can be use for people that has mentality problems such autism, so the second world offers to them to create their own world, with the feature that it always dream of it. in addition, the second world is use in companies or industries for training and communication. For example, the virtual world is use now in hospital to training people like nurses and doctors, the purpose of this experiment is to ensure that personal take the right decision in case of emergency or just simple drill. IBM uses the the virtual life in 3D in its operation system because it allows to employees to work in projects. The purpose of the new life is to bring opportunities, effectiveness and efficiency in the future of the new human life.
In human life there are always pros and cons with new experiments, for some people the virtual life is another window for work opportunities because it would be convenience to work without travel or meet personal clients. Physical disability will not longer be an obstacle in the second life with 3D, with the use of avatar people interact into the society, allowing to anyone to have comprehension with person disabilities and it make the communication accessible to everyone in the community.
One of the the problems with virtual world is the distraction that exist in the virtual world because there are many things to do therefore, people would explore the imaginary world rather than to communicate the real message. Another problem with there virtual world is that this world is available only with the internet access therefore, people that have weak internet or bad signal could get problems to load the webpage and not able to work. The last obstacle of the virtual world is the age, this fantasy world is too  young and new experiment that  people don't know with exactitude of the consequences in the future or how to give well use.
In my opinion, the virtual world would be like other social media network for people where, they can communicate and share their opinions. There will going people that would like the virtual world and other that they not. One the big issues in the future that the Virtual World would bring in the future, it is the privacy because we have to remember that people like to have privacy in the personal life.

  1. No Budget, No Boundaries: It’s the Real You by RUTH LA FERLA, the New York Times, Oct 22, 2009 p. E1. Available at:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/fashion/22Avatar.html
  2. Going to the Virtual Office in Second Life, CNN.com: Nov 5, 2009http://www.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/11/05/second.life.virtual.collaboration/index.html
  3. "Avatar II: The Hospital" by Stephanie Simon, The Wall Street Journal, April 13, 2010http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703909804575124470868041204.html?KEYWORDS=avatar+ii+the+hospital

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