Virtual Worlds, Who Uses Them?
Anyone can join a virtual community. The question is why would they? Isn’t the world we live in full of enough things to do?
A virtual world is a computer based simulated environment that users interact with one another and create objects. People take their form in what is called an Avatar. Avatars can be created to look like the individuals that are participating or can be imagined characters of the users.
Business people create Avatars of them and meet in designed areas that simulate meeting rooms. This is a way for business people to have a personal interaction if coworkers are located in different states or countries.
The same situations and interactions can go on in Second Life virtual world that can go on in the real world. Eating dinner, shopping, sexual relations, any form of communication. In the virtual world anything can go on. There are no laws in Second Life.
Life is stressful on a daily basis. My question would be why would anybody other than business people want to double up on interactions on a daily basis. Some have virtual jobs, and children and husbands. These others aren’t their real world interactions with people they know often, in essence a woman or man that starts an affair online in Second Life is in all actuality having a real affair because on the other end of the computer there is a real person controlling the Avatar they are interacting with.
The way I see things that interaction would only complicate real life. Those interactions that aren’t for business purposes take time away from daily life and in person interactions.
The other point of view would be that Second Life fulfills the need to vent or relax from the stresses of daily life by creating a perfect world for one’s self. This would allow people to create a fantasy life that would help them cope with the harsh realities of their real life.
The communication is through texting and VoIP voice services.
I being born in 1962 the concept of second life is something that I never could have imagined and find the concept very abstract.
About Me
- 601 Aldhizer Donna
- I was born in Twinsburg, Ohio. I graduated from R.B. Chamberlin High School in 1980.I am married to Wade Aldhizer. Wade is the Physics Research Machinst at the main campus of Kent State university. I have four children. Jason Nester 25 that also works at Kent State as a web and graphics designer. Jason also, has his own graphic design and marketing business. Jasons company is Jaylee Desighns. Jason is a graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh .There is also my daughter Cassie age,24 that is pursuing a business degree at Kent State main campus.My 20 year old daughter Casey is a student at Stark majoring in the Police Academy Studies. I also have a 12 year old Rhianna that is in fifth grade in the Kent City Schools. I was a stay at home mother for 12 years. I then went into direct sales and marketing. I have sold, telecommunication during deregulation of the longdistance industry and have sold many other products and services. I have also had my own advertiseing company #1 Business Builder Resources. I closed it down due to the economy and decided to go back to school to pursue a business degree. Now was the best time for me to do so because of the slow down in the economy.
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