Modeling Reality with Virtual Worlds

            Virtual is used to describe something that can be done or seen using a computer. "Second Life is a multiuser virtual environment, a computer program that lets online users construct settings and hang out in them, using video-game-like characters called avatars. “ Says by Saki Knafo. A virtual world is an online community, in another word, the form of a computer-based simulated environment. Users can interact with one another through virtual world, it can be anything, exist in real world or not. As Internet is commonly used in today's world, virtual worlds are becoming one of the most important features for kids, teenagers, and adults.

            Virtual worlds have pros and cons. The pros are that people can spend their free time on it when they are bored. Also, it is easier to meet other people online.  More important is that it creates a world that we can’t experience in real world, which is filled with imaginations. Other than pros, it comes cons.  Often people get too addicted to virtual world, and forgot about the real world. Virtual world is not real; sometimes people get confused about it and real world. People sometimes fell into the virtual world, and won’t want to get out of it, thus making their real life ruined. "So you're not going out into the real world meeting people, you're going meeting people online and in your own home, so you're perfectly relaxed. It's just a fantastic tool to use to bring people together." Says Savill, reported by Nicole Saidi. That’s what a virtual going to bring us, we meet people in virtual world, not real world, and it can be bad sometimes.

            Moreover, virtual worlds foster creativity. In the real world, it is how it is already; it is hard to change anything. However, in the virtual world, we can put our imaginations together, and create the world we want it to be. It is the power and beauty of the virtual world.

            The future of virtual worlds will be much brighter. As technology is keep improving, we can do and build much more stuffs into the virtual world in the near future. Technology is what changes the world, making it different, better and convenient.