Synthetic Worlds Emerging Technologies in Education and Economics
Synthetic Worlds, Virtual Worlds, and Alternate Realities are all terms used to describe the phenomenon of computer-based, simulated environments in which users inhabit and interact via avatars. The best-known commercial applications are in the form
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Andreas Hebbel-Seeger Torsten Reiners Dennis Schäffer Editors
Synthetic Worlds Emerging Technologies in Education and Economics
Integrated Series in Information Systems Volume 33
Series Editors Ramesh Sharda Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA Stefan Voß University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Editors Andreas Hebbel-Seeger MHMK, Macromedia University of applied Sciences Media and Communication Hamburg, Germany
Torsten Reiners School of Information Systems Curtin University Bentley, Perth West Australia, Australia
Dennis Schäffer Department of Educational Science University Bielefeld Bielefeld, Germany
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Preface
In a way, virtual worlds enable us to open a door to a fascinating and magical place. Where we are generally limited by the physics and our resources, virtual wo
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