Modeling Reality with Virtual Worlds

When it come to virtual worlds, the main thing people can do is meet up with other people to discuss anything they want in a serious or stress-free environment. Of course, the setting of the virtual world affects what people will be discussing. Rarely would there be any business people discussing there current phase of their project during a fight with a dragon in an MMORPG or dancing in a virtual club. Second World is providing a free virtual world that fosters a place where creativity can thrive. For a small fee, users can create a setting that might be a replica of the real world or fresh off their own imagination. In the article, "iReport: 'Naughty Auties' battle autism with virtual interaction" researchers are able to use the creativity to set up environments that might happen in real life so that autistic people are able to experience the situation beforehand.

As more and more people are able to access the internet, while possibly closing up the digital divide, more meetings might be held in these virtual worlds. The reasons for these interactions may mostly appear beacuse of locations or people might just get lazy about going to their office when technology improves to be much more faster and effcient. Not everything might have to be in a virtual world. Online webcaming or video phone/conferencing might be the next big boom, provided that there is a fast AND constant access to the internet or whatever service provider (such as phones).