Modeling Reality with Virtual Worlds

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I think virtual worlds are the future. Virtual worlds can be used for training and is seen in classrooms as it gets better. It has allowed students to take virtual field trips, learn about the lives of refugee families or study the inner workings of volcanoes (Earle). Virtual reality is new and exciting and may help students be interested in learning. Advantages of these virtual worlds can improve gaming experiences, virtual prototypes, therapy, and training programs for the military, medical field and astronauts. Disadvantages of these virtual worlds is that it is difficult and time-consuming to truly recreate a virtual environment that captures all the details of the real world. Like most new technologies there are minor flaws that can make the experience mundane. However, for many kids it helps foster creativity. Minecraft is a space for kids to exercise their imagination and to connect with others to also want to build and create things (Morie). It allows kids to do things that they wont be able to in the real world. I think as virtual reality technology gets better and better, I think virtual worlds will look visually better. And in the far future, technology might be so good that its hard to tell what is real and what is virtual, which may be a scary thing.



References:
1. After Second Life, Can Virtual Worlds Get A Reboot. April 30, 2013.

2. The virtual world moves into the classroom Posted by Joe Earle | Sep 14, 2018

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