Virtual worlds afford interesting research environments for HCI, CSCW and related research areas. Successful online multiplayer games show the possibilities and continuously push the technical boundaries. More ‘serious’ approaches focus more on (business) collaboration and real-world application areas. Second Life is a well-known example for a successful virtual environment implementation. Well-known companies, such as Intel and Microsoft, have their own [...]
Benjamin Köhne
PhD student – University of California, Irvine
