From Virtual World News
Second Life Relationships More Satisfying Than Real Ones
Participants in the 3D virtual world Second Life are more satisfied with the romantic relationships they form in the virtual world than the ones in their real life, according to two studies conducted by Loyola Marymount Universityresearchers. Even more remarkably, Second Life users who participated in the study reported that their level of sexual satisfaction with virtual world relationships was roughly equal to what they experienced in their real world relationships. Read more...Full article: http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2010/08/second-life-relationships-more-satisfying-than-real-ones.html
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More evidence that people can have real and satisfying emotional experiences within virtual worlds. I don't mean to imply that I think virtual lives are in anyway superior to "real" lives. Rather, that virtual worlds constitute a new living space for the mind, unaccompanied by the body. With our feet still firmly planted in the real world amidst real lives, our consciousness may extend into a second, perpendicular plane of existence simultaneously. Such an existence may seem an awkward stretch for many of us older birds, but for our children who will have been introduced to virtual worlds when their brains are still spongy, may find themselves perfectly at home with their consciousnesses striped across numerous realms.
-Nick
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