World as Virtual Reality

V zadnjem desetletju lahko sledimo razvoju popolnoma novih kategorij spletnih strani. Spletne strani, ki so od začetka popolnoma \u27prazne\u27, sčasoma naselijo obiskovalci, ki z gradnjo in uporabo nenaseljenih navideznih območij postanejo prebivalci navideznih skupnosti. Ne na Luni in še manj na Marsu, ampak tu, v teh navideznih svetovih, nove skupnosti ustvarjajo svoja prebivališča. Dejanski pomen besede \u27navidezen\u27 je \u27neresničen\u27 in pomeni \u27prisotnost nečesa, kar ni določeno\u27. Hiter razvoj navideznih skupnosti briše meje med navideznim (neresničnim) in fizičnim (resničnim) svetom. Nadaljnji razvoj in širjenje navideznih svetov pa nam odpirata praktično še neraziskane možnosti za razvoj družbe v gospodarskem, kulturnem in socialnem smislu. Seznanimo se z enimi izmed navideznih svetov — navideznim svetom Second Life. Z izvedbo in primarno analizo rezultatov spletnega vprašalnika proučimo in določimo značilnosti dejanskih uporabnikov tega \u27drugega življenja\u27.A completely new category of virtual internet sites has come into being during last decade. It is the visitors themselves who have populated, built and used these sites which were essentially empty in the beginning. Neither on the moon nor on Mars but in these virtual worlds have new communities taken up residence. The actual meaning of \u27virtual\u27 is \u27not real\u27 or \u27the essence of something not specified by name\u27. However in this category of virtual words more and more relationships have developed with the physical (real) world. When these virtual worlds continue to grow and develop, they would then seem to offer practically unexplored opportunities for our society, in economic, cultural and social terms. Deepen to the one of many virtual worlds – Second Life. Dealing with results gained from primary analysis of our online questionary can give us results covering characteristics of actual users. Combining realization and primary analysis of web questionary gives us the chance to examine closely characteristics of actual users of this ‘second life’