Modeling Reality with Virtual Worlds

Virtual worlds are becoming more and more popular. I believe that we can apply these worlds to actual locations. In a business sense, i think we can apply virtual worlds to construction sites. That the administrators and investors who are involved in a project can see the advancements as the project progresses. During progress of the project, the virtual administrator will update the advancements. In the virtual world the people invested in the project can see what they are up to, what materials are being used, and who is working on the project. Saki Knafo writes, "Second Life is a multiuser virtual environment, a computer program that lets online users construct" and view the progress of the virtual world. This shows how easy it is to access this world and construct and view what is going on. I would say the only downside to this is maintenance of the world. It would not be so hard to update the virtual world, especially when the administrator is the only one adding the information.