Virtual Worlds Research

fiendishly-complex production, with historically accurate costumes, artificial intelligence, special effects and (possibly) real-time lip-synching.

Genealogie war einst ein Hobby für Bücherwürmer und Archiv-Archäologen, erfreut sich seit dem Beginn des Internet-Booms aber einer immer größeren Beliebtheit.

intelligent or affective tutoring system that can adapt its response to the emotional state of people by interaction through a computer system

software systems would significantly improve performance if they could adapt to the emotions of the user

bio-grid

Derzeit arbeiten die 3D-Plattformen im Netz noch nach dem so genannten "Walled Garden"-Prinzip: Sie sind allesamt voneinander abgeschottet, wie man dies einst von Online-Diensten in den Neunzigerjahren her kannte. Mit gemeinsamen Standards, die etwa das Rendering von Avataren und Gegenständen vereinheitlichen, soll sich das künftig ändern, schreibt das Technologiemagazin Technology Review in seiner Online-Ausgabe. Auch der Austausch von Accounts und der nahtlose Übergang von einer Welt zur nächsten sind eines Tages geplant.

20 Firmen, darunter auch große Player wie der IT-Konzern IBM und der "Second Life"-Betreiber Linden Lab, wollen künftig zusammenarbeiten, um eine gemeinsame Basis für ein zukünftiges "3D-Internet" zu finden.

Spotting Newbies by How They Walk

Even after several hours, when I thought I was doing reasonably well, a more experienced user who I met in the SL version of Amsterdam commented on me being a newbie. When I asked how she knew, she replied, “By how you walk.”

“It’s addicting.” During my explorations, I kept that comment in mind, while thinking back to how people at the Palace often said the same thing, which led to my very first cyberpsychology article that outlined the various reasons why people get addicted to these avatar worlds. In fact, while wandering around Second Life, I often had that feeling of déjà vu. Memories of people, events, and experiences from my days of the Palace starting coming back to me. As sophisticated and complex as Second Life is, as far forward as Linden Labs has pushed the envelop of visual virtual environments, the basic and essential elements of avatar worlds have not changed all that much.

"There's always this thing in the back of my mind as a reason why virtual worlds haven't caught on yet," Gauthier continued. "There isn't too much to do here. You can chat, and that's about it. And we feel that's not enough to keep people interested in the long term. It might be in the short term, but then people give up."

It's similar to serious games mixed with a social and business network.

the goal is to have companies or individuals build their own worlds and connect them through the provided server technology based on X3D

Eine Studie des O'Reilly-Verlages ergab kürzlich: 87 Prozent der Nutzung entfällt auf nur 84 Anwendungen.

OpenSocial bietet Zugriff auf fast all das, was Communities für Vermarkter so sexy macht: Die Freundesnetzwerke der Nutzer - den sogenannten Social Graph -, die Möglichkeit, über diese Netzwerkbäumchen Botschaften zu verschicken - etwa "dein Freund X hat sich gerade iLike installiert" - und die Möglichkeit, Einladungen auszussprechen - etwa "ich habe jetzt iLike, lass uns doch mal Lieblingsbands vergleichen".

Like so many people, I come to SL to be myself, but more myself than my RL body will allow.

a lot of hunting, a lot of mix and match