Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Punishment Comes to Virtual Reality

This article discusses the way that groups in virtual reality are establishing
and enforcing rules. In a sense this brings history to life in terms
of criminal justice. As society grows and begins to function, rules also begin to
come into being in order to make society a more pleasant place.
Thus we see the same thing happening in
virtual reality.

They start off with shaming and the most extreme would be permanent exile.

1 comment:

Jay H said...

This article was a good read. After taking the introduction to CRJ course, I find this article very interesting. People are actually becoming sheriffs and jury members. Really cool to see what a modern society will do to impose rules when given the opportunity and power.