virtual communications is a large part of the internet, some of the largest businesses in the year 2013, this is because people depend on the internet to get in touch with the rest of the world and to keep up on what is happening in there school, social circle etc. people are brought together though the internet, and other systems, a good example is Xbox live, because it brings people together to play games on-line whilst talking to new people and making new friends, this is the same with PlayStation 3 and other site and consoles for example steam and origin.which are on pc.