Virtual worlds can be used in many different ways. People can use these virtual worlds to business, technology and entertainment. In business, it is used for training the employees. For instance IBM is using virtual world to train their employees. Virtual worlds help people to create their own world referring as second life. They used avatars to be whoever they want to be. In article, “ In room 100, Its Sid and Nancy all over again”, it stated that Mr, brown had created a same exact place where Sid and Nancy of sex pistols were dead. In another article, “Going to the virtual office in Second life”, it stated that more than 1400 organization including educational institution and US military are using Second life to conduct meetings and training.” A benefit of conducting meeting in Second life is that they save travel time. Employees don’t have to travel to be in meeting they just have to go in their second life and can perform it.
The major disadvantage of virtual worlds will be time consuming. Learning terminology and protocol can be sometimes time consuming. Also people might get addicted to the virtual worlds comparing to real worlds. People might dislike real world comparing to virtual world due to the flexibility and avatar that they have in their virtual world.
In future, virtual world will be applied in lot more areas. Lots of big companies will adapt to virtual world due to its benefits. It will be more closed to reality in near future.
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