In a computer mediated conversation all that can be judged is the written word. In a virtual world it is not possible to read minds. After thoroughly reviewing both sides of the issue at hand, I come to the conclusion that virtual worlds do create a sort of reality. This reality, that virtual worlds create, is far from the material world that is typically coined as reality. Interaction in virtual worlds does not replace a face to face conversation, but it is a reality of sorts.
Virtual worlds create a reality that appeals strictly to the mind of an individual.
As in a material reality, if the mind concludes something is real, it must exist for there are no means to disprove its existence. In virtual worlds, if the mind determines a situation to be real to the extent of excreting emotion, how can it be disproved that a form of reality exists.