Being there together : social interaction in virtual environments / Ralph Schroeder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schroeder, Ralph.

Series:

Oxford series in human-technology interaction.

Oxford series in human-technology interaction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social interaction.

Shared virtual environments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book draws together research on how people interact in virtual environments: What difference does avatar appearance make? How do avatars collaborate and play together? How do the type of system and the space affect how people engage with each other? How does interaction between avatars differ from face-to-face interaction?

Contents:

Contents; Figures and Tables; Abbreviations Used; 1. Virtual Environments and the Changing Landscape of Information and Communication Technologies; Definitions and Overview; The Development of Shared Virtual Environments Technology; Two Technological End-States; 2. The Varieties of Experiences of Being There Together; The Range of MUVE Settings; The Range of Experiences in MUVEs; The Components of MUVE Experiences; The Phenomenology of MUVE Experiences in Context; Summary; 3. Avatar Bodies and Virtual Spaces; Virtual Spaces; Avatar Appearance and Realism; 4. Collaboration

Distributed Work-Distributed Research-Distributed CollaborationTasks, Collaboration, and Systems; Long-Term Collaboration; Summary; 5. Social Life in Online Worlds; The History of Virtual Worlds; Roles and Frames; Governance, Economies, and Trust in Virtual Worlds; Limits of Online Worlds, Limits of Offline Perceptions; 6. Modalities of Communication; Research on Communication in MUVEs; Face-to-Face versus MUVE Encounters; Common Ground in Immersive and Nonimmersive Spaces; Language Encounters in MUVEs; OnLive Traveler and Second Life

Text versus Voice, Videoconferences versus MUVEs, Face-to-Face versus Online7. Research Uses of Multiuser Virtual Environments; The Varieties of Social Research in Virtual Environments; Research on Small Group Interaction; Research on Large Group Interaction; Analysing Interaction in MUVEs; 8. Ethical and Social Issues in Multiuser Virtual Environments; Research Ethics; Ethical and Social Issues in MUVEs; Summary; 9. Multiuser Virtual Environments and Other Technologies for Being There Together; Other Technologies for Being There Together; Multiple Modalities, Multiple Networks

10. The Future of Being There TogetherMultiuser Virtual Environments as an End-State; The Future of Two End-States; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612944987

1-282-94498-3

0-19-970778-2

OCLC:

860168819