MODELING REALITY WITH VIRTUAL WORLDS

Virtual World is new visual medium, that enable us to reconstruct and view the real world event. Virtualized reality enables us to choose our own viewpoints at view time. We can use these technologies in many different ways.
This technology is already being used. Like, IBM who uses this technology to get a "second life" for their employee and also start beginning to look at the virtual world. Also, IBM uses this technology for their employee to interact with each other who are sitting thousands mile away from each other. They also uses this technology for toys. Like, webkinz which brought toys and internet together for kids. This combination has helped alot to kids to use their imagination to play this games online. Also, there are many computer games, which focuses almost exclusively on images of violence and misogyny, and that is the "dark side" of this techonology.

I would say that Virtual World has helped many to imagine their second life. Also, now a days big corporate like IBM use them for their employee and future of the company. This technology has been growing quite fast since last few years, and will grow alot in next few years.

Cite at least 1 (preferably more) of the assigned readings.

http://www.workforce.com/section/00/article/24/61/08.html
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_53/b4065091329372.htm