The virtual world provided by the Internet is successful because it is a playful world. It is a world consistent with the way of life of young people, does not require engagement or commitment. There one can live a series of successive lives without any definite commitment. People want to distance itself from reality because it is not scary or not-free, but because it always involves a limit. Furthermore, the reality requires an identity, a more or less clear goal in life while those exercises not virtual assume any identity, no vision, and even tips all limits, including those of decency and civility.
Virtual reality or real virtuality – which do you prefer?
by Andrusha Shambriov
http://andrushasspace.blogspot.jp/2009/05/virtual-reality-or-real-virtuality.html