Virtual worlds are online communities where people of all different types can do different things they like without actually having to be involved in their own outside community. Virtual worlds can be used for school projects, learning to be more social, a way to connect to other people online, or even helping business' go through a trial run to know the right decisions they should make. An example of how business' can be positively inflienced by virtual worlds is including in this following article:
Going to the Virtual Office in Second Life, CNN.com: Nov 5, 2009 http://www.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/11/05/second.life.virtual.collaboration/index.html
A con to virtual worlds can be the influence it has on people, this world that is not real can make people think a certain way about a community they may not be completely true. There is an example of something along these lines in the following article.
"I've Been in That Club, Just Not in Real Life" by Dave Itzkoff, The New York Times, January 6, 2008, available at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/arts/television/06itzk.html*
A pro to virtual worlds can be giving people the ability to socialize to learn how to make certain decisions in certain situations. It can also give people who don't have chance to get out because of their busy schedules a chance to live a little.
Virtual worlds help foster creativity by allowing people to think outside the box. By being in front of a computer screen instead of being in the real world environment, people can more easily express themselves. When a person is more comfortable in the environment he or she chooses to be in their imagination can run further then when they are confined to a specific places especially at work or even school.
I believe their is a lot of potential in the future of virtual worlds. The amount of scenarios, and places that are included will grow. More detail, more opportunity will be involved within these worlds. There will be less limitations.
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