Online Worlds: Convergence of the Real and the Virtual

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Bainbridge, William Sims (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Springer London, 2010.
• Σειρά: Human-Computer Interaction Series,
• Θέματα: Computer science.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Computer graphics.; Application software.; Computers and civilization.; E-commerce.; Computer Science.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Computer Graphics.; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.; Computers and Society.; e-Commerce/e-business.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: VIII, 318 p. 8 illus., 4 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781848828254
• ISSN: 1571-5035

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.