Synthetic Worlds Emerging Technologies in Education and Economics /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hebbel-Seeger, Andreas (Editor), Reiners, Torsten (Editor), Schäffer, Dennis (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Integrated Series in Information Systems, 33
• Subjects: Business.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Computers.; Education.; Business and Management.; IT in Business.; Information Systems and Communication Service.; Education, general.

Synthetic Worlds, Virtual Worlds, and Alternate Realities are all terms used to describe the phenomenon of computer-based, simulated environments in which users inhabit and interact via avatars.  The best-known commercial applications are in the form of electronic gaming, and particularly in massive...