Modeling Reality with Virtual Worlds

Modeling Reality with Virtual Worlds

The virtual world is an online world that the user can create. User can create an avatar and put him in the 3D virtual world that can encounter. Person can create fantasy world, or real world. Virtual worlds can be used for fun, to meet users with common interest, but also it can teach other people. In his article Avatar II: The Hospital, Stephanie Simon states that virtual worlds help hospitals, medical schools and health foundations to train doctors, nurses, or students by transferring them into the environment  where they have make quick and under pressure decisions that can affect future patient’s life. Thanks virtual world, people can practice a proper behavior in the very rare situation and they can be better prepare for the future. Also, virtual worlds can treat illness people, or give them a safer way to interact with people if they cannot leave hospitals or homes. According to the article iReport: 'Naughty Auties' battle autism with virtual interaction written by Nicole Saidi, thanks virtual worlds people with autism can practice social interactions and get them communicating with others. They can feel save because they are relaxed in their own space, but still they can communicate with people, but without stress. For people who have difficulties in social interactions or have other illnesses that unable them to meet with  people, virtual worlds can really help.

There are also negative aspects of virtual world. Those medical trainings do not have the same results as those in reality. Users are aware that it is not real and their attitude might be different than if it would be in real. Another negative might be that people would become less willing to communicate with other in really life. People might prefer to stay home rather than go outside to the people. Also, it is very expensive to build virtual world even if it's functionality still need to be improve.  

            For sure, virtual world stimulate creativity. Users have to design the world and avatar that they want to use. They have to create and modify the world and avatar. They have to make decisions that later on will affect their avatar or business. They have work on the problems that might appear. Managers might work on the business problem-solving.

            In the future, virtual world will much more effective look like reality because the technology will be better. People would be able to better experience virtual world because the graphic will be improved. Everything will be look like real. With time playing in 3D environment will be cheaper and more people will be able to access them. In result, there will be more users that will become a part of the society.