Since I was in middle school, I saw many of my friends getting addicted to the virtual world, video or computer games. Thus, I have seen how these virtual worlds have affected people's lives. Once someone is addicted, it is extremely powerful and often very hard to get out of. Luckily, I was never so into any games in my life. Hence, I found it also interesting how people can get so addicted to games playing 6,7 hours a day or even all night. However, I could see it is definitely a problem for many people and even may destroy many families and valuable times.
On the other hand, virtual world has been also a great benefit for numerous people. It helped people learn better and enjoy their lives more profoundly. Thus, it cannot be said that the virtual technology only brings illness. As much it brings illness for some people, it also brings great benefits for many others. I am very interested in how the immersive education and virtual world technology would develop in the future. It will surely bring both goods and harms.
Professor Aaron Walsh from the interview "Virtual reality and higher education: Another perspective" at http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2007/05/teaching_in_vr_.html
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