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Virtual world

Known as: Virtual city, On-world, 3D web 
A virtual world or massively multiplayer online world (MMOW) is a computer-based simulated environment populated by many users who can create a… Expand
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Review
2009
Review
2009
Virtual world teaching, experiential learning, and assessment: An interdisciplinary communication course in Second Life
While many reports espouse the potential impact that 3-D virtual worlds are expected to have on teaching and learning in higher… Expand
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Second Life in higher education: Assessing the potential for and the barriers to deploying virtual worlds in learning and teaching
Second Life (SL) is currently the most mature and popular multi-user virtual world platform being used in education. Through an… Expand
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Toward a Definition of “Virtual Worlds”
This is a brief essay, we call "think-pieces", designed to stimulate a discussion on a particular topic. The topic for this… Expand
Review
2005
Review
2005
Spatial Augmented Reality: Merging Real and Virtual Worlds
Like virtual reality, augmented reality is becoming an emerging platform in new application areas for museums, edutainment, home… Expand
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Three-dimensional virtual worlds and distance learning: two case studies of Active Worlds as a medium for distance education
Online three-dimensional (3D) virtual worlds are emerging technologies that offer unique learning opportunities for traditional… Expand
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Simulated Experiments: Methodology for a Virtual World
This paper examines the relationship between simulation and experiment. Many discussions of simulation, and indeed the term… Expand
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Living Digitally: Embodiment in Virtual Worlds
In effect, I suppose I was unknowingly using my second reality as a social experiment and it has become very much a learning… Expand
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Bridging physical and virtual worlds with electronic tags
The role of computers in the modern office has divided ouractivities between virtual interactions in the realm of thecomputer and… Expand
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Virtualized Reality: Constructing Virtual Worlds from Real Scenes
A new visual medium, Virtualized Reality, immerses viewers in a virtual reconstruction of real-world events. The Virtualized… Expand
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Virtual reality on a WIM: interactive worlds in miniature
This paper explores a user interface technique which augments an immersive head tracked display with a hand-held miniature copy… Expand
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