The social life of Avatars : presence and interaction in shared virtual environments / Ralph Schroeder (ed.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schroeder, Ralph.

Series:

Computer supported cooperative work

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer animation.

Virtual reality.

Physical Description:

xiv, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Springer, [2002]

Contents:

Social interaction in virtual environments : key issues, common themes, and a framework for research / Ralph Schroeder

Social conventions in computer-mediated communication : a comparison of three online shared virtual environments / Barbara Becker and Gloria Mark

Living digitally : embodiment in virtual worlds / T.L. Tayor

Rest in peace, Bill the bot : Death and life in virtual worlds / Mikael Jakobsson

30 days in active worlds : community, design, and terrorism in a virtual world / Andrew Hudson-Smith

Lessons learned : building and deploying shared virtual environments / Lili Cheng, Shelly Farnham, and Linda Stone

The long-term uses of shared virtual environments : an exploratory study / Alexander Nilsson ... [et al.]

Social influence within immersive virtual environments / Jim Blascovich

Meeting people virtually : experiments in shared virtual environments / Mel Slater and Anthony Steed

Collaboration in multi-modal virtual worlds : comparing touch, text, and voice and video / Eva-Lotta Sallnäs

The digital divide : status differences in virtual environments / Ann-Sofie Axelsson

The social life of small graphical chat spaces / Marc Smith, Shelly Farnham, and Steven Drucker.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1852334614

OCLC:

47271729