Active Worlds is a site where you can participate in a 3D virtual reality experience and also build your own 3D World for others to participate in. For educators there is the Active Worlds Educational Universe where you can develop classroom simulations and instructional virtual reality experiences. You need to download their broswer to participate in the virtual worlds but it was an easy and quick download and install. When I ventured into one of the worlds I encountered many participants actively engaged in the experience. I can see how you can get lost in these virtual worlds and also how you can use them to try on a new persona or experiment with new behaviors. But I hesitate to venture into them very deeply for fear of a "virtual addiction".
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