Avatars at work and play : collaboration and interaction in shared virtual environments /

Corporate Author: Springer
Other Authors: Schroeder, Ralph
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer, c2006
Series:Computer supported cooperative work ; 34
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Table of Contents:
  • Work and play in shared virtual environments : overlapping themes and intersecting research agendas / Ralph Schroeder and Ann-Sofie Axelsson
  • Transformed social interaction : exploring the digital plasticity of avatars / Jeremy N. Bailenson and Andrew C. Beall
  • Selective fidelity : investigating priorities for the creation of expressive avatars / Maia Garau
  • Analysis and visualization of social diffusion patterns in three-dimensional virtual worlds / Shashikant Penumarthy and Katy B?ner
  • Collaborative virtual environments for scientific collaboration : technical and organizational design frameworks / Diane H. Sonnenwald
  • Analyzing fragments of collaboration in distributed immersive virtual environments / Ilona Heldal .. [et al.]
  • The impact of display system and embodiment on closely coupled collaboration between remote users / David Roberts, Robin Wolff, and Oliver Otto
  • The good inequality : supporting group-work in shared virtual environments / Maria Spante, Ann-Sofie Axelsson, and Ralph Schroeder
  • Consequences of playing violent video games in immersive virtual environments / Susan Persky and Jim Blascovich
  • The psychology of massively multi-user online role-playing games : motivations, emotional investment, relationships, and problematic usage / Nick Yee
  • Questing for knowledge
  • virtual worlds as dynamic processes of social interaction / Mikael Jakobsson
  • Play and sociability in There : some lessons from online games for collaborative virtual environments / Barry Brown and Marek Bell
  • Digital dystopia : player control and strategic innovation in The sims online / Francis F. Steen .. [et al.].