''Virtualization is all around us, and is taking the place of the Real-Thing'' -- ThinkingOutLoud.DonaldNoyes.20110620 20110704
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Slowly, surely and inevitably this transformation is taking place. Things that were Real, Cumbersome, Costly, Inconvenient, and Uncomfortable are being restructured in Personification, Placement, and in Representation.
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Where this model is already employed:

TrainingModels for Operation and Execution
* Training for operators
** Pilot training in VirtualFlightSimulator
** Engineers training in VirtualRailroading
* Training for Army, Air and Naval Engagement
** VirtualEquipment and VirtualScenarios for Military Personnel

SubstitutionModels -- Durable Convenient Presentation and Execution
* QueueModel Used
** Drive-Up Convenience-Food OrderModel and DeliveryModel
** Banking by Automated Tellers
*** Virtualizes the Bank Counter at the car window

ExtensionModels -- Outside Normal or Present Structures and Procedures
* Revisions due to improvement over Former Limits ( Distance, Speed, Size, and Range )
* Removal of Operability and Data upon Compromise (When outside of friendly, protective custody (SecurityByDestruction))
** Every operational step and data acquisition and/or data output completed as a unit (each unit completed within a given time)
** Electronic/Physical Disabling (SelfImposedVirus/Burnout/Destruction)
* Addition of Enhancements due to hardware and infrastructure improvements

CooperationAndSharingModels
* Separation and Delegation of tasks between units meant to operate together (SwarmsAndTags)
* Some tasks carried out in AutonomousMode with Failure causing ReportToHome, Swarm, or Default Strategy

V''''''irtualModels for fun or profit
* V''''''irtualAdventure - games instead of real adventures
* V''''''irtualSports - games instead of real live sports 
* V''''''irtualFantasy - games insead of (live) role playing
* V''''''irtualSimulation - games insead of enterpreneuship (I guess this is subsumed by TrainingModels
* V''''''irtualReenactments - G''''''ameSoftware where the scenario the game displays is a "Reconstruction of what happened, where it happened", as in a military unit's encounters during the invasion at Normandy in World War II, or of a physical site and events as they might have occured at a crime scene (replacing a visit to the scene or preceding a visit of it) for a jury in a trial.

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Where this model is PlannedForUse or more widely becoming useful

LocaleModels
* GpsTagModels - tagging of Brick and Mortar Businesses and Establishments
* Internet SearchAndMapModels
* VirtualSigns
** InfoPosts
** Advertising via RFIDs
*** http://www.infiniteunknown.net/2010/08/02/minority-report-style-advertising-billboards-using-rfid-technology-to-target-consumers/
* VirtualStores
** Online-Shopping
* AdvancedComputerGamingScenarios
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How is a "virtual model" different from a "real model"? "Virtual" seems superfluous.
* they are adjectives modifying nouns. while the first may be visualized on a computer monitor, the second might be made of plastic, plaster, wood, or other such substance.
** to me that makes a difference worth specifying
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CategoryModels