Jess’ E-Learning Blog

I was just reading a post by Suemin about the negative aspects of virtual worlds and left the following comment  

“I agree with you about recruitment, how can you be sure that the applicant hasn’t hired someone to act as them in the interview? An interviewee always has to act a bit when in an interview, but the scope for ‘acting’ is so much larger in a virtual world. And what happens if a brother or sister hijacks your avatar and runs rampant: The actions of your brother or sister are going to be attributed to you.

I have to disagree with you, however, about the high cost. Sean mentioned that video conferencing is actually more expensive than buying and maintaining a place in a virtual world, like Second Life. And while training and upgrading soft/hardware costs are definently necessary while operating a virtual world, they are also necessary for things like videoconferencing. Same thing for the OH&S; if you’re in front of a computer all day, does it matter if you’re typing a report or talking to your boss in a virtual world?”