The Virtual Future

• Main Author: Bainbridge, William Sims (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2011.
• Series: Springer Series in Immersive Environments,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Application software.; Education > Data processing.; Computers and civilization.; Multimedia systems.; Computer Science.; Computers and Society.; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.; Computer Applications.; Media Design.; Computers and Education.

The newest communication technologies are profoundly changing the world's politics, economies, and cultures, but the specific implications of online gameworlds remain mysterious.  The Virtual Future employs theories and methods from social science to explore nine very different virtual futures:...

Table of Contents:

• The City and the Stars
• The Matrix Online
• Tabula Rasa
• Anarchy Online
• Entropia Universe
• Star Trek Online
• EVE Online
• Star Wars Galaxies
• World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade
• The Chronicles of Riddick
• The Skylark and the Shuttle
• Index.