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245 0 0 _aAvatars at work and play : collaboration and interaction in shared virtual environments /
_bcollaboration and interaction in shared virtual environments /
_cedited by Ralph Schroeder and Ann-Sofie Axelsson.
260 _aDordrecht, the Netherlands :
_bSpringer,2006
_cc2006.
300 _axv, 277 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
440 0 _aComputer supported cooperative work ;
_v34 ;
500 _aOne copy distributed by Bacca
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aWork 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 BoÌ(rner -- 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.].
511 _aCatalogued by: Sara
650 0 _aAvatars (Computer graphics)
650 0 _aShared virtual environments.
650 0 _aInteractive multimedia.
650 0 _aVirtual work teams.
650 0 _aHuman-computer interaction.
650 0 _aInternet games.
700 1 _aSchroeder, Ralph.
700 1 _aAxelsson, Ann-Sofie.
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