Second Life

    Second Life is a virtual reality game that allows people to explore new worlds and meet new people. Second  Life is very similar to Ready Player One.  Anyone can join the game and be anyone they want. They can live a glamourous life and make their avatar look like anything they want. Second Life is great way to escape reality and be someone you truly want to be. Both Second Life and Ready Player One demonstrate how easy it is to become someone you're not in virtual reality. For some people this is good because it allows them to escape the poor hand life dealt them. For others becoming someone your not can change how you see yourself in reality and can really affect your confidence. One difference between Second Life and Ready Player One is Second Life is being used to hold remote meetings. This is a cool new take on virtual learning and remote working caused by covid. In Ready Player One it seemed you never really played with those you knew in real life and trying to meet in real life was frowned upon. Second Life seems like a community where you can feel comfortable talking to strangers and to get help in the real world if needed. Just like Ready Player One there seems to be unlimited possibilities in Second Life. It seems like it would be really easy to get lost in the game and not want to leave just like many in Ready Player One. It's very interesting to see how far virtual reality has come so far and how much more can be achieved. 

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