Virtual world is a online virtual community. The largest one i have heard about is Second Life. Second Life's community is so large that it seems like you can find whatever you want there and if there are something you cannot find then you can create it yourself. . This is also one pro about virtual world that we can create something easily and could model anything on there. Users can also use it to do what they wished and fulfill their wishes that cannot done in the real world. But there is also cons about virtual world, there are people that is so addicted to virtual world because of the ideal life it provides. The addiction could cause people to give up the real world and put so much into the virtual world.
Virtual world can also serve different purpose. In the article "Avatar II: The Hospital " from New York Times, universities uses Second Life as a virtual training tools for medical training and education. Instructor can throw in different situation and control virtual patients when teaching students. Another use of virtual world is also exposed in the article where the users can rent what they created in Second Life in exchange of real money. Ramesh Ramloll who is a computer scientist rent out space in Second and also work for client if they wanted to create a virtual environment accordingly.
Another article from New York Times named "I've Been in That Club, Just Not in Real Life" a virtual Lower East Side where people can live and experience LES without going outside of their house.
Lots of creative idea can be created from virtual since any imagination can be created. I have seen virtual life photography where an artist explore around virtual world and take screenshot.
There isn't a point where I think virtual world is heading to. There is no clear direction of it and there could be many possibilities. But something I believed is virtual is still virtual and people may have to spent money to use the virtual world service so people may have to come back to real life.
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