Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Modeling Reality with Virtual Worlds

Virtals worlds? What would be if you can see yourself in a virtual world?
Nowadays , people can belongs to an online community through different websites such as SecondLife.com and others. This online programs allow "real people" to create themselves a new life with a new identity and personality by imagining and modeling  "avatars."
The virtals worlds are usuing from diverses purposes such as in economy , medical, tourism puposes. In fact , after reading the article "AvatarII:The Hospital", virtual worlds are used to make simulations and see the reaction of nurses in case of emergencies. It shows the behavior of people in the real life front of diffferent experiences and challenges. In addition,there is another way to use the virtual worlds such as in the article  " Going to the Virtual Office in Scond Life" mentioned that businesses have been using the virtual worlds for meetings and conferences businesses.This new innovation helps companies to save money, time and allows people to interact quicker in a new environment.
Well , now I will elaborate the pros and cons of the virtual worlds. In a optimistic perspective, virtual worlds have been very beneficial for people to comunicate, imteract and also work with co-workers ( avatars).The virtual worlds helps companies to save time and money at the same time. It is also ore efficient for companies to share information, practising new experiences in a "fake word" before to apply it on the real worls such as emergencies simulations for train nurses...
However the virtuals worlds are easy for poeple to collaborate and see our life in another environement , the virtuals worlds is still controlled by a machine ( a computer). People can be attached to their unreal world and forget about the real life. It can have an effect of not socializing with real people but only with avatars. Also, the Virtual World are still not like the real world and people have to inetract with other people Face -to-face. So the online world cannot replace  the real world.
Concerning the virtual worlds foster creativity permitts people to add , edit and create objects and avatars to make the virtual environment similar to the real life. And I believe that the virtuals worlds will be more used by companies,hospitals, and individuals. More websites will be inovated maybe by using different measures and dimensions to make it more realistic. I think most of the youngers individuals and corporates are excited to be part of a new environment that can make them feel someone else.




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