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Online Worlds: Convergence of the Real and the Virtual

By William Sims Bainbridge (Editor)
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By William Sims Bainbridge (Editor)
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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 object, simulated architecture, and working groups. This ...

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