#9 Virtual Worlds

What can I say reader, about virtual worlds? Second life arguably the most prominent of the virtual world allows one to shop walk around, talk to others, much like real life except with whimsical graphics and the ability to fly. What I found most interesting was the rapidity with which the world has become commercialised, even to the extent of being able to convert U.S Dollars to the virtual "Linden Dollars" of second life and vice-versa. Institutions have also rapidly taken to second life with literal virtual classrooms. Mentioned in one of the YouTube videos was I think a somewhat unforeseen benefit of the site - learning another language by communicating with fellow learners and native speakers in 'everyday' situations. But be careful of the company you keep though, as you cannot practice pronunciation in a virtual world and the often short-handed abbreviated language of web speak may not be the best way to learn to write in any language.
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