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Online Worlds: Convergence of the Real and the Virtual

By William Sims Bainbridge (auth.) , William Sims Bainbridge (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag London
Year
2010
ISBN
1848828241, 978-1-84882-824-7
DOI
10.1007/978-1-84882-825-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8251370 bytes)
Series
Human-Computer Interaction Series
Edition
1
Pages
318\317
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04
User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; Co

Description

Virtual worlds are persistent online computer-generated environments where people can interact, whether for work or play, in a manner comparable to the real world. The most popular current example is World of Warcraft, a massively multiplayer online game with eleven million subscribers. However, other virtual worlds, notably Second Life, are not games at all but internet-based collaboration contexts in which people can create virtual objects, simulated architecture, and working groups. This book brings together an international team of highly accomplished authors to examine the phenomena of virtual worlds, using a range of theories and methodologies to discover the principles that are making virtual worlds increasingly popular, and which are establishing them as a major sector of human-centred computing.

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