Moving Beyond the Game: Social Virtual Worlds

Author
Book, Betsy

Year
2004

Publication information
Unpublished manuscript

Suggested citation
Book, Betsy (2004). Moving Beyond the Game: Social Virtual Worlds. Unpublished manuscript

Available online at:
http://www.virtualworldsreview.com/papers/BBook_SoP2.pdf

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In this paper on virtual

In this paper on virtual worlds, the author defines virtual worlds as having shared space, a graphical user interface, immediacy, interactivity, persistence and socialization/community. This definition excludes e.g. MUDs. The author then goes on to discuss the differences between game worlds and social virtual worlds. One claim is that social virtual worlds maintain deeper ties to "the off-line world".

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