"The U.S. Army alone plans to invest close to $100 million in training games and simulations over the next two to three years. Conservative predictions anticipate astounding growth in serious game and simulation markets, including crime scene reconstruction and corporate training software. These predictions signal continued demand for specialized programming professionals, especially in the area of game and simulation design."

"In the future, virtual worlds platforms will be adopted for commerce, for education, for professional, military, and vocational training, for medical consultation and psychotherapy, and even for social and economic experimentation to test how social norms develop.¹"