Modeling Reality with Virtual Worlds

As opposed to a normal reality, a three-dimensional environment environment is called a virtual reality. It is a simulation used for interactions between users, where you create objects and interact with people.  There are benefits of virtual reality such as the various usages of communication through text, sound, graphical images, and gestures.   Virtual reality can appear in different forms such as  gaming, fantasy, historical and science fiction.  It is a great platform for people to connect with each other in a staged environment with detailed review.  With the technology and the creativity freedom we now have,  we do not physically need to be present to visualize a certain setting as a result of virtual reality. At the same time, this capability can be a drawback as well. Despite all the benefits of virtual reality, there are cons relating to virtual reality. Since virtual reality is  a representation of reality, sometimes the depiction is too surreal or lacks the accuracy that we visualize. 

The future holds many opportunities for virtual reality, and it's no doubt it can improve our quality of life.  Besides the innovation in the gaming and film aspect, areas of expansion for virtual reality can explore into the aerospace  and medical fields. For example, surgeons can use virtual reality for research and practice purposes before performing the surgery on an actual person to test the success rate. Because virtual reality  is still in the developmental stages and with the new technology advancing,  there are many room for improvements and potential  for virtual reality to revolutionize new media.


Work Cited:

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