BBC 2 Documentary

The other day I watched a short documentary about second life however this was not too good. It explained to viewers how real life people get too involved/addicted to the virtual world that they go to the extremes to get the dream that they want.

When I watched it I was shocked at how powering this virtual world could be. They showed examples if two different examples of this which had a good outcome and a bad outcome. One was showed two married people meeting in second life and falling for each other in the virtual world, when they finally decide to meet they know they want to be together and so get married virtually before getting together in the real life. The second example was the same scenario however it ended when each other met in real life.

Now I've seen this has just shown me another side of second life. It can be a fun thing to try out, explore etc however having, controlling and being someone who you always dreamt of being in a real life (but virtual) situation I feel can be a really dangerous/scary feeling.

I watched it with some of my friends who were interested in what I was doing and they had exactly the same thoughts. So it just makes me wonder how far people would go to make this virtual world a reality.