Say you had a really bad day. You woke up late, a car splashed dirty water on you, you burnt your duck au orange and found out that your significant other was cheating on you with the CVS cashier. Don't you feel like escaping reality? Well, you can.
Meet Second Life, a virtual game that exists only on cyberspace. You interact with "real" people and you do all the things you'd do in the real world. And that includes business.
Second Life is like it's own cyber-country. It even has it's own currency (Linden dollars) which is bought with real money. According to Grace Patuwo's article Virtual World, real money on 'Second Life', transactions on Second Life totaled $567 million in U.S. dollars in 2009. Even YALE is getting onto the Second Life bandwagon and purchasing land. Maybe this cyberworld is the equivalent to what America was for Europe...? A free land of opportunities...?
Of course Second Life can't completely immerse you into virtual reality like you've seen in the Matrix, so it's not like you can really live there. Although...we might be able to experience something similar...
Augmented reality is a new fad that is taking place. Augmented reality lets you use real life elements and manipulate them digitally. Like the Matrix.
Have you seen the AR app Parrot? It's a flying (yes, FLYING) little machine that lets you have virtual battles with other friends. Just like you might see in Star Wars or something. Look at the video below:
Fascinating, isn't it? Maybe we should start implementing flying drones into stores as sales clerk assistants? So many business opportunities...
The End of the Year
14 years ago
Ar AP parrot? Now that's a new one. You might want to ensure you're backstopped legally lest you give corporate retail chains ideas with that sales clerk assistants thought.
ReplyDeleteGirl you're cynic and I like it lol
ReplyDeleteIt's hard no to like virtual life and at the same time fear its consequencesm right ?
I'm not sure to what degree you intended the "business opportunities" line to be sarcastic. While I think that there tends to be an overload (of sometimes ridiculous) uses of the internet, it really does open the door for new business opportunities and innovation!
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