VIRTUAL REALITY ....does it really impact one's reality?

ROOTS CAMP

I must say that this is the first time i have ever seen or heard about Second Life and i'm not shocked that there is now such a site that one can go on and be in a virtual reality aka "Second Life." I find this virtual reality to resemble a video game like atmostphere with each island resembling some what of a different bored. I know in wii for example you can create a character that looks like you and thats what it reminds me of.

Getting back to second life, the Roots camp is a good idea only for the idea that it is almost impossible for these people to meet up once a week in reality like they do in second life. This can be effective in reality if these users that are in these activist groups use what they learn from chatting in second life together in their actual reality. So in essence, yes this is a good idea to help throw around ideas from one to another and bring awareness to other people but overall the only way to have an impact on people is to protest in your REAL life.

The downfall of this is that some people may subject themselves to sitting in front of the computer to think that they are actually making a difference by protesting and supporting activists groups. But in reality it all boils down to the mere fact that if you are not doing all of these things in person it may not make any difference. I mean, who knows what the future brings, maybe this second life or virtual reality will have an impact because of groups like the Roots camp meeting online and stirring up ideas together once a week will increase effectiveness in our reality.