/authors/danaliz/Recent content in DanaLiz on Gromet's Plaza ArchiveHugoen-usWed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2007/09/26/virtual-meets-real-life/Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2007/09/26/virtual-meets-real-life/<p>Oh, what complex webs we weave.  It’s not enough for Real Life (RL) to be challenging and often satisfying, we’ve now created another world where our inhibitions can go unchecked and where, because of the technological advances of the past few years, our fantasies have taken on a life of their own.</p> <p>Virtual Life (VL) was created as a natural evolution of the multiplicity of “chat” services available on the web, which itself was an evolution of the bulleting boards and ICQ’s of the time.  Whether simply to bring people closer to one another or as a networking medium for like-minded individuals, the web’s instant communications capability has in fact brought people much closer together.  People of all ages (the young being particularly adept at this sort of thing) quickly adapt to innovation and in so doing stimulate or encourage further development that make the experience even more satisfying.</p>