The four major disadvantages of using Second life for
decision support are as follows:
- Learning time: As the executives of the
company are not familiar with second life, they need to learn it to
get into basic comfort which requires atleast eight hours.
- Distractions: As it is a big virtual space,
some distractions might be pleasant. The only thing is that
employee should not be playing it while working.
- Technology Problems: Some problems are
associated with second life due technical or technological issues.
It includes updating software, empty cache memory, lag in resizing
objects and need to use headphones.
- Second life addicted: Some people become
addicted to second life and neglect their real life activities.
They spend lot of hours in playing SL and become sleep
deprived,