Modeling Reality With Virtual Worlds

Virtual worlds can be used in various ways. Virtual worlds could be used by companies to give an indication of how a product may look. This way companies can sell themselves without having to use a sales agent. Aside from companies using virtual world, there are people who go on to these virtual sites using aviators that they have designed to interact with others. Another is in personal life for individuals that want to escape their current location for a more exotic destination. It has its pros and cons. The pro would be that what is normally done in real life can now be played out in these virtual worlds. You now have the power to become whomever you please to be in the comfort of your home. The con of this would be that not everything you see in this virtual world will turn out as planned. There may by a surprising situations or consequences. Another con is that the people that only live in the virtual world can possibly neglect the real world.  In the article “No Budget, No Boundaries: It’s the Real You” talks about virtual world activities during the recession. Consumers continued to make purchases in the virtual world during these rough times. Perfect example of this is Black Friday and Cyber Monday. One of the reasons for creating Cyber Monday is because consumers prefer to shop online instead of going to department stores during Black Friday madness. Virtual worlds do foster creativity because in Second Life people can act out everything they don’t in real life. Individuals won’t have to worry about the consequences.  Also by not placing rules allows users to become more creative. I think in the future Virtual World would allow an avatar, which will be connected to a robot in the real world to do whatever we tell it to do.