Virtual Reality is by definition the ideal simulation environment. An online Virtual World ensembles the capabilities of virtual reality with the connectivity between people that Internet offers.
Simulations done in virtual worlds are collaborative interactive spaces that can host a large number of people to experiment and experience in a collaborative fashion certain real life conditions.
Virtual simulations can be used to train in various subjects, to test, to measure responses under given conditions and reduce costs for activities and training sessions that can benefit from an interactive environment.
Currently virtual simulations and virtual worlds are used to train and test in various fields such as: medical, weapons, risk prevention, coaching and employees training as well as product testing and other marketing related activities such as store layout simulation or consumer responses testing.
