Online Worlds: Convergence of the Real and the Virtual

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bainbridge, William Sims (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2010.
• Series: Human-Computer Interaction Series,
• Subjects: 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.

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, oth...