With the internet becoming more and more advanced, problems are beginning to arise even with the concept of creating new virtual worlds. The questions that arise with the emerging of new worlds are such as: with many worlds being creating, what kind of problems will it cause when users have to create numerous avatars to join different worlds.
The question I pose is much simpler and can have some sort of an answer from anyone from a "gamer" to a stay at home mom. Is it healthy for kids/adults or people of any age to spend long amounts of time in virtual worlds, and what affects does this have on the social life of someone who spends more time online than in their actual world.
It's obviously up to whoever is on the computer how much time they want to spend in whichever virtual world, but an individual really should manage their time carefully. I’m sure it is exiting and to some point addictive to spend time in a virtual world which might attract that person who is in it. I truly think that individuals needs to monitor how much time he/she spends on the computer in these worlds.
The article I read is clearly focused on more technical issues such as getting enough people in one world to make it fun/exciting or making it easy enough to create an avatar so people can easily join the world. I am sure that eventually virtual worlds will 'blow up' if you will, and they will probably become quite a business. The question on my mind is: what is this going to do to the social lives of kids who don’t manage their time well?
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