The virtual world is an imaginary location now defined as a place where a person can customize their personality characteristics to present themselves the way they want to be perceived. A strong doorway so the individual can establish an alter ego to escape from their daily discrimination or bias in life. An online community that allows the individual to fulfill into a community where he or she is accepted for who they something the actual world cannot offer to the individual. A society were the individual is giving the: equal opportunity among their others peers, to become more minded, a place for them to be truly themselves and where he or she is able to "hide" behind their computer screen. When hiding behind their computer screen the individual is becoming that second persona they want to appear to the other person behind the other screen. This allows the other person to receive the portrayed avatar of the individual. The online community has offered a place for the individual to live without the worry or from concernment of judgments or discrimination and allows them to express them-self to an imaginary society online and in exchange receive a feeling they are realistic, significant and noticed. These significant elements fill the appetite of the user to be filling with the thing they want and live and experience the lifestyle the individual all ways to live.
The virtual world Creates a fantasy place where disable people are capable to join into a “normal” society and do things they wouldn’t be able to do in their conditions. In the article “Alter Egos in a Virtual World”, the authors present Jason Rowe, who has a condition called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. His condition only allows Jason little movemen...
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...ou” inform the reader the essential instrument in the virtual worlds, “The tool that makes this possible is the World Wide Web” (Grossman 125). Not only has the web allowed an individual to explore and socialize online has been created to a powerful important power for others who are not satisfied with their daily life in the actual world.
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Individuals conceived between the years of 1980 and 2000, as indicated by this article, experience serious difficulties finding their actual self due to the online networking outlets; they regularly depict another person life of a fantasy dream American life on the web. As today’s more youthful era makes the transition to adulthood, trying to accommodate between online and offline characters can be hard. “Van den Bergh asked 4,056 individuals, ages 15 to 25, when they felt they were or weren't being genuine online or logged off, with companions, folks, accomplices or employers.” Through this research he found,
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Individuals may feel isolated from society wether it be due to their sexuality, likes, or dislikes, and the virtual world is an area they do not feel like they have to conform to certain ...
For today’s generation, virtual reality has become all too real in our everyday lives. Modern technology has almost replaced our generation’s physical social lives, is has left many basic skills unlearned, and has ultimately become a physical part of us. We rely on text messaging and email to keep in touch. We almost always have a device with us or near us at all times, and the simple tasks that require basic skills to complete cannot be completed without using a device, because most of the knowledge needed to complete them is left unlearned. Everywhere we go, and everything we do seems to involve technology, and the effects technology has on this generation, are all but small.
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“The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.” Bill Gates. The Internet is vast and is just getting bigger. It has its own community that is open to the public. The Internet is becoming a platform all on its own. It is a stepping-stone in a direction that is unknown. The Internet has become so vast that there are now different versions of it. The different versions of the web are Web 1.0, Web 2.0, the main focus of this paper, and Web 3.0. Web 1.0 is all about sharing information. It is very bland and just gets the point across of what was needed. This how the Internet had started. Web 2.0 is sharing information with interaction. To me this means social media in some fashion. The website that was accessed has a way of interacting with the users whether it be through comments or giveaways on the web. Web 3.0 is the server interacting with the individual on a particular website. Amazon is the best example of Web 3.0 because it gives recommendations based on items that have been searched. “Among American adults 87% use the web, 68% connect...