Second life is literally that engaging in an unreal, artificial dream like world where you can pretend to be who you want, look like Brad Pitt rather than Homer Simpson get all the girls, success and money you can’t get in your real life. Is there any harm in this probably not, for some though further failure in their second life could drive some over the edge and even end up with them being suicidal.
Some could see their second life as a way of practicing for their first life. Trouble is it’s not real. There are some cross over’s now with reference to the Stock Exchange. You can even attend college.
This is a link to the new avatar film which uses avatars similar to second life.
http://www.avatarmovie.com/
Here is a link to second life.
http://secondlife.com/whatis/?lang=en-US
Simulators though are in some ways part of this and yet, their purpose in a training environment seems far more ‘normal’ and useful. Better to train someone to be a pilot or doctor in a safe simulation environment than in the real world where life and death are the consequences of your actions. Better to practice in an environment made as real as possible without the dire consequences. You can still build into simulations real emergencies to respond. Like the pilot who landed the plane on the river in America who said it was down to his training that he accomplished such a successful landing – part of which would have been on simulators.
So to answer the question second life no, simulators yes.
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