Monday, November 9, 2009

Virutal World: Will It Fail Again?

When you ask someone about virtual reality in the modern world they'll most likely laugh at you. They are laughing at you because they believe that the technology of today will never create a real breathing world. There is a need, especially in the gaming world, to recreate reality as best as they can. They want to be able to push the player into their world and create something that is fully believable but that's in the video game world. Do we really need something like second life to take up are time. Personally I rather get stuff done in the real world or at least be entertained by watching something that is beyond reality. As humans we have to always take the next step to make our lives better. People feel that their lives might be better in this new virtual world and rather create an entire new persona.

All of this stems from the promise of living in a world that you could do anything in. Funny thing is this sort of was created when the Virtual Boy came out. This video game system was created to allow people to "live" in their games. To be able to fully interact with characters in a game wasn't exactly created with this system and eventually it failed. But still people have always been interested in being able to react in certain situations where there are no consequences.

Still I believe that virtual reality is just a fantasy with today's technology and even 10 years from now. I personally want the world that I'm living in to be my highest priority while the "virtual" world should be separate. I love to play video games and that is a part of my life but it belongs in a separate reality. People should be able to take on their problems in the real world and increase their personality through experiences.

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