The Virtual World

Virtual worlds take over the online world, Watch over your children's online activities!

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Children always ask this question, what is a virtual world. A virtual world is an online community that takes the form of a computer-based simulated environment through which users can interact with one another and use and create objects. 

You could be forgiven for thinking that virtual worlds had disappeared. Since the hype around Second Life last year there has been a dearth of mainstream publicity, as if they had all gone from virtual to invisible. In fact a lot is happening.

A survey revealed that children are happier living there own live online as virtual world rather than living in reality. One of the main reason of their response was that they can be exactly who they want to be or quit whenever something is no longer fun. Online technologies is growing so does online strangers, therefore concern about online safety over parental control. Report shows that one in eight young people is in contact with strangers on the web and they often lies about their appearance, age and background by faking their online photos.

Is your children happier with their virtual existences!

Virtual Lives: It is more than a game, it is your life – lays bare the attitudes of children today to the internet and includes revealing insights into how they feel when they are on the web. Some You can talk to people that you don’t normally speak to and you can edit your pictures so you look better. It is as if you are a completely different person.

This is a big problem if your child has a different identity online and communicating with strangers. Many cases in the past reported that children have been in contact with stranger via virtual. 

For example:

Second Life has gone ex-growth, judging by the number of avatars online exceeds nearly 64,000 but it is the place to be for experimentation. 

Second Life is the third most popular application in the UK in terms of minutes spent on it (after Facebook and YouTube) with growth of 137% in the past year after Disney's Club Penguin, 

As a university student I spend around 2 hours daily on Facebook but I always been few days away from Facebook for at least 3 days a weeks unless I really have to communicate with friends or join group and accept events and invitation. My social network details are always incorrect as I use a different online details to keep away from strangers on social network.