Virtual world (English Wikipedia)

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"Virtual Worlds Management". Virtual Worlds Management. January 23, 2008. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved July 29, 2012.

arxiv.org

Nevelsteen, Kim (2018). "Virtual World, Defined from a Technological Perspective, and Applied to Video Games, Mixed Reality and the Metaverse". Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds. 29: e1752. arXiv:1511.08464. doi:10.1002/cav.1752. S2CID 2766780.

bath.ac.uk

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Doodson, J. (2009).The relationship and differences between physical and virtual world-personality Archived June 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Undergraduate dissertation. University of Bath.

bbc.co.uk

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BBC (July 3, 2009), Billions stolen in online robbery Archived 2022-04-23 at the Wayback Machine Access date: February 2013.

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Book, Betsy (March, 2006), Virtual Worlds: today and in the future Archived 2018-08-15 at the Wayback Machine Access date: February 2013.

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Biocca & Levy 1995, pp. 40–44 Biocca, Frank; Levy, Mark R. (1995). Communication in the Age of Virtual Reality. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. ISBN 978-0-8058-1550-4.
Biocca & Levy 1995, p. 47 Biocca, Frank; Levy, Mark R. (1995). Communication in the Age of Virtual Reality. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. ISBN 978-0-8058-1550-4.
Biocca & Levy 1995, pp. 6–8 Biocca, Frank; Levy, Mark R. (1995). Communication in the Age of Virtual Reality. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. ISBN 978-0-8058-1550-4.

cepis.org

Livingstone, D.; Kemp, J. "Integrating Web-Based and 3D Learning Environments: Second Life Meets Moodle" (PDF). UPGRADE (European Journal for the Informatics Professional). 9 (3): 8–14. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2010.

cnn.com

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"CNN.com - Material gains from virtual world - Oct 25, 2004". CNN. 2004. Archived from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2004.

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"The CCK08 MOOC – Connectivism course, 1/4 way – Dave's Educational Blog". October 2, 2008. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2016.

digibarn.com

"29th Feb". Digibarn.com. November 7, 2004. Archived from the original on March 31, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2012.

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Kaplan Andreas M.; Haenlein Michael (2010). "The fairyland of Second Life: About virtual social worlds and how to use them". Business Horizons. 52 (6). doi:10.1016/j.bushor.2009.07.002. S2CID 45087818. Archived from the original on January 19, 2022. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
Aichner, T.; Jacob, F. (March 2015). "Measuring the Degree of Corporate Social Media Use". International Journal of Market Research. 57 (2): 257–275. doi:10.2501/IJMR-2015-018. S2CID 166531788.
Nevelsteen, Kim (2018). "Virtual World, Defined from a Technological Perspective, and Applied to Video Games, Mixed Reality and the Metaverse". Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds. 29: e1752. arXiv:1511.08464. doi:10.1002/cav.1752. S2CID 2766780.
Bell, Mark W. (2008). "Toward a Definition of "Virtual Worlds"". Journal of Virtual Worlds Research. 1 (1). doi:10.4101/jvwr.v1i1.283 (inactive December 6, 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of December 2024 (link)
Robinson, E. H. (2014). "The Aspatial Economics of Virtual Worlds". The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research. 7 (1): 1–21. doi:10.4101/jvwr.v7i1.7088 (inactive December 6, 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of December 2024 (link)
Krzywinska, Tanya (2006). "Blood Scythes, Festivals, Quests, and Backstories". Games and Culture. 1 (4): 383–396. doi:10.1177/1555412006292618. S2CID 145792491.
Golub, Alex (2010). "Being in the World (of Warcraft): Raiding, Realism, and Knowledge Production in a Massively Multiplayer Online Game". Anthropological Quarterly. 83: 17–45. doi:10.1353/anq.0.0110. hdl:10524/2116. S2CID 145153144.
Moore, Keely; Wiederhold, Brenda K.; Wiederhold, Mark D.; Riva, Giuseppe (2002). "Panic and Agoraphobia in a Virtual World". Cyberpsychology & Behavior. 5 (3): 197–202. doi:10.1089/109493102760147178. PMID 12123240. S2CID 27736805.
Toronto, Ellen (2009). "Time out of mind: Dissociation in the virtual world" (PDF). Psychoanalytic Psychology. 26 (2): 117–133. doi:10.1037/a0015485. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 18, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
Richardson, Anthony E.; Powers, Morgan E.; Bousquet, Lauren G. (2011). "Video game experience predicts virtual, but not real navigation performance". Computers in Human Behavior. 27: 552–560. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2010.10.003.
Katz, James E.; Aspden, Philip (1997). "A nation of strangers?". Communications of the ACM. 40 (12): 81–86. doi:10.1145/265563.265575. S2CID 609789.
Wasko, Molly; Teigland, Robin; Leidner, Dorothy; Jarvenpaa, Sirkka (2011). "Stepping into the Internet: New Ventures in Virtual Worlds" (PDF). MIS Quarterly. 35 (3): 645. doi:10.2307/23042801. JSTOR 23042801. S2CID 61249322. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2012.
Kluge, Stacy; Riley, Elizabeth (2008). "Teaching in Virtual Worlds: Opportunities and Challenges" (PDF). Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology. 5: 127–135. doi:10.28945/1000. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 13, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
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"Helsinki Goes Virtual" Archived 2012-10-14 at the Wayback Machine,The Infowin Newsclips Archive for 1997 Archived 2012-10-14 at the Wayback Machine

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Skapinker, Michael (March 20, 2013). "Open web courses are massively overhyped". Financial Times. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
Murray, Sarah (October 27, 2008). "Technology: Networking widens EMBA net". Financial Times. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022.

gamasutra.com

"Gamasutra - Q&A: Coca-Cola, There.com Team For CC Metro Online World". Archived from the original on March 14, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2018.

gamesindustry.biz

Dan Pearson (April 16, 2015). "Sulake: 15 years of Habbo Hotel". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on February 18, 2022. Retrieved December 18, 2015.

ghostarchive.org

Skapinker, Michael (March 20, 2013). "Open web courses are massively overhyped". Financial Times. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
Murray, Sarah (October 27, 2008). "Technology: Networking widens EMBA net". Financial Times. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022.

habbo.com

blog.habbo.com

Habbo Hotel (blog), Habbo Hotel House Rules Archived 2013-03-10 at the Wayback Machine Access date: February 2013.

handle.net

hdl.handle.net

Begault 1994 Begault, Durand R. (1994). 3-D Sound for Virtual Reality and Multimedia (PDF). San Diego, CA, USA: Academic Press Professional, Inc. hdl:2060/20010044352. ISBN 978-0-12-084735-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 12, 2008. Retrieved March 2, 2008.
Golub, Alex (2010). "Being in the World (of Warcraft): Raiding, Realism, and Knowledge Production in a Massively Multiplayer Online Game". Anthropological Quarterly. 83: 17–45. doi:10.1353/anq.0.0110. hdl:10524/2116. S2CID 145153144.

huffingtonpost.com

Yang, Dennis (March 14, 2013). "Are We MOOC'd Out?". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on April 6, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2013.

idate.org

Schroeder, Ralph (1999). Social Life in Virtual Worlds: Structure and Interaction in Multi-User Virtual Reality Technology Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, Communications & Strategies, no. 33, 1st quarter, p. 137.]

ign.com

Kim, Matt T.M. (September 5, 2019). "Cult Classic PS1 'Anti-RPG' Moon Is Coming to the Nintendo Switch in English". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on September 14, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2020.

informingscience.org

proceedings.informingscience.org

Kluge, Stacy; Riley, Elizabeth (2008). "Teaching in Virtual Worlds: Opportunities and Challenges" (PDF). Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology. 5: 127–135. doi:10.28945/1000. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 13, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2009.

itleadership.org

Pliny: A Virtual World ^{[dead link‍]}
"A Virtual World". Itleadership.org. October 20, 2010. Archived from the original on January 20, 2012. Retrieved July 29, 2012.

ivrha.org

Fine, Bob (February 7, 2021). "OVR Technology – Your Guide to Virtual Reality Healthcare Applications, Products and Services". IVRHA. Archived from the original on May 17, 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2022.

jstor.org

Wasko, Molly; Teigland, Robin; Leidner, Dorothy; Jarvenpaa, Sirkka (2011). "Stepping into the Internet: New Ventures in Virtual Worlds" (PDF). MIS Quarterly. 35 (3): 645. doi:10.2307/23042801. JSTOR 23042801. S2CID 61249322. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2012.

linuxinsider.com

Haskins, Walaika (July 31, 2008), Who polices Virtual Worlds? Archived 2019-10-17 at the Wayback Machine Access date: February 2013.

macfound.org

spotlight.macfound.org

"Thomas & Kafai: Tweens and Reproductive Health in Virtual Worlds, 2008-08-09". Archived from the original on 23 June 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2014.

mmorpg.com

"List of known MMORPGs". Mmorpg.com. Archived from the original on February 18, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2012.

nasa.gov

human-factors.arc.nasa.gov

Begault 1994 Begault, Durand R. (1994). 3-D Sound for Virtual Reality and Multimedia (PDF). San Diego, CA, USA: Academic Press Professional, Inc. hdl:2060/20010044352. ISBN 978-0-12-084735-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 12, 2008. Retrieved March 2, 2008.

news.com

Sinrod, Eric J. “Virtual world litigation for real” Archived 2008-10-10 at the Wayback Machine, “Cnet News”, June 13, 2007. Accessed March 6, 2008.

nih.gov

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Moore, Keely; Wiederhold, Brenda K.; Wiederhold, Mark D.; Riva, Giuseppe (2002). "Panic and Agoraphobia in a Virtual World". Cyberpsychology & Behavior. 5 (3): 197–202. doi:10.1089/109493102760147178. PMID 12123240. S2CID 27736805.

nordicworlds.net

Wasko, Molly; Teigland, Robin; Leidner, Dorothy; Jarvenpaa, Sirkka (2011). "Stepping into the Internet: New Ventures in Virtual Worlds" (PDF). MIS Quarterly. 35 (3): 645. doi:10.2307/23042801. JSTOR 23042801. S2CID 61249322. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2012.

nytimes.com

Chen, Brian X. (January 18, 2022). "What's All the Hype About the Metaverse?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 18, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
Laura Pappano. The Year of the MOOC - The New York Times Archived 2017-03-01 at the Wayback Machine. November 2, 2012

oreilly.com

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Mirror Worlds: or the Day Software Puts the Universe in a Shoebox...How It Will Happen and What It Will Mean. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. January 28, 1993. ISBN 978-0-19-507906-7. Archived from the original on June 28, 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2022.

playerup.com

"Securing Gaming Account Transactions" Archived 2022-05-23 at the Wayback Machine, Securing Gaming Account Transactions

recoveryonpurpose.com

Toronto, Ellen (2009). "Time out of mind: Dissociation in the virtual world" (PDF). Psychoanalytic Psychology. 26 (2): 117–133. doi:10.1037/a0015485. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 18, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2020.

sciencedirect.com

Kaplan Andreas M.; Haenlein Michael (2010). "The fairyland of Second Life: About virtual social worlds and how to use them". Business Horizons. 52 (6). doi:10.1016/j.bushor.2009.07.002. S2CID 45087818. Archived from the original on January 19, 2022. Retrieved October 30, 2021.

semanticscholar.org

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Kaplan Andreas M.; Haenlein Michael (2010). "The fairyland of Second Life: About virtual social worlds and how to use them". Business Horizons. 52 (6). doi:10.1016/j.bushor.2009.07.002. S2CID 45087818. Archived from the original on January 19, 2022. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
Aichner, T.; Jacob, F. (March 2015). "Measuring the Degree of Corporate Social Media Use". International Journal of Market Research. 57 (2): 257–275. doi:10.2501/IJMR-2015-018. S2CID 166531788.
Nevelsteen, Kim (2018). "Virtual World, Defined from a Technological Perspective, and Applied to Video Games, Mixed Reality and the Metaverse". Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds. 29: e1752. arXiv:1511.08464. doi:10.1002/cav.1752. S2CID 2766780.
Krzywinska, Tanya (2006). "Blood Scythes, Festivals, Quests, and Backstories". Games and Culture. 1 (4): 383–396. doi:10.1177/1555412006292618. S2CID 145792491.
Golub, Alex (2010). "Being in the World (of Warcraft): Raiding, Realism, and Knowledge Production in a Massively Multiplayer Online Game". Anthropological Quarterly. 83: 17–45. doi:10.1353/anq.0.0110. hdl:10524/2116. S2CID 145153144.
Moore, Keely; Wiederhold, Brenda K.; Wiederhold, Mark D.; Riva, Giuseppe (2002). "Panic and Agoraphobia in a Virtual World". Cyberpsychology & Behavior. 5 (3): 197–202. doi:10.1089/109493102760147178. PMID 12123240. S2CID 27736805.
Katz, James E.; Aspden, Philip (1997). "A nation of strangers?". Communications of the ACM. 40 (12): 81–86. doi:10.1145/265563.265575. S2CID 609789.
Wasko, Molly; Teigland, Robin; Leidner, Dorothy; Jarvenpaa, Sirkka (2011). "Stepping into the Internet: New Ventures in Virtual Worlds" (PDF). MIS Quarterly. 35 (3): 645. doi:10.2307/23042801. JSTOR 23042801. S2CID 61249322. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2012.

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Tsutsui Yasutaka Archived 2018-10-23 at the Wayback Machine, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

sophos.com

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Stockley, Mark (October 1, 2009), Who polices crime in a virtual world? Archived 2022-02-20 at the Wayback Machine Access date: February 2013.

squarespace.com

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(August 4, 2011) Report: Second Life Making $100M a Year Archived 2022-03-31 at the Wayback Machine Access date: February 8, 2013

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Bloomfield, Robert J. (2007). "Worlds for Study: Invitation - Virtual Worlds for Studying Real-World Business (and Law, and Politics, and Sociology, and....)". SSRN 988984. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Bloomfield, Robert J. (May 25, 2007). "Worlds for Study: Invitation - Virtual Worlds for Studying Real-World Business (and Law, and Politics, and Sociology, and....)". Working Paper Series. SSRN 988984.

technologyreview.com

Talbot, David. “The Fleecing of the Avatars.” Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine Technology Review 111.1 (Jan. 2008): 58-62.

theguardian.com

Kamen, Matt (October 2, 2017). "Anime: the 10 must-watch films and TV shows for video game lovers". The Guardian. Archived from the original on March 20, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018.

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UT Dallas (November 18, 2007). "Avatars Help Asperger Syndrome Patients Learn to Play the Game of Life". Archived from the original on October 16, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2009.

virtualworldsmanagement.com

"The leading virtual worlds trade media company. in New York". Virtual Worlds Management. Archived from the original on November 15, 2010. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
"Virtual Worlds Management". Virtual Worlds Management. January 23, 2008. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
"Virtual Worlds Management". Virtual Worlds Management. April 22, 2008. Archived from the original on May 15, 2009. Retrieved July 29, 2012.

virtualworldsnews.com

"8D Taps Language Learners, Bots, Microtransactions". Virtual World News. May 29, 2009. Archived from the original on June 1, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2009.

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washington.edu

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Satalich, Glenna (1995). "Navigation and Wayfinding in Virtual Reality: Finding Proper Tools and Cues to Enhance Navigation Awareness Archived January 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine". M.S. thesis. University of Washington, USA.

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Kaplan Andreas M.; Haenlein Michael (2010). "The fairyland of Second Life: About virtual social worlds and how to use them". Business Horizons. 52 (6). doi:10.1016/j.bushor.2009.07.002. S2CID 45087818. Archived from the original on January 19, 2022. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
Begault 1994 Begault, Durand R. (1994). 3-D Sound for Virtual Reality and Multimedia (PDF). San Diego, CA, USA: Academic Press Professional, Inc. hdl:2060/20010044352. ISBN 978-0-12-084735-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 12, 2008. Retrieved March 2, 2008.
Mirror Worlds: or the Day Software Puts the Universe in a Shoebox...How It Will Happen and What It Will Mean. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. January 28, 1993. ISBN 978-0-19-507906-7. Archived from the original on June 28, 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
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"IGE Sued by World of Warcraft Player". EscapistMagazine. June 1, 2007. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
Doodson, J. (2009)The relationship and differences between physical- and virtual-world personality Archived June 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Conference paper presented at University of Exeter.
Doodson, J. (2009).The relationship and differences between physical and virtual world-personality Archived June 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Undergraduate dissertation. University of Bath.
"Thomas & Kafai: Tweens and Reproductive Health in Virtual Worlds, 2008-08-09". Archived from the original on 23 June 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
Toronto, Ellen (2009). "Time out of mind: Dissociation in the virtual world" (PDF). Psychoanalytic Psychology. 26 (2): 117–133. doi:10.1037/a0015485. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 18, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
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Wasko, Molly; Teigland, Robin; Leidner, Dorothy; Jarvenpaa, Sirkka (2011). "Stepping into the Internet: New Ventures in Virtual Worlds" (PDF). MIS Quarterly. 35 (3): 645. doi:10.2307/23042801. JSTOR 23042801. S2CID 61249322. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2012.
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Stockley, Mark (October 1, 2009), Who polices crime in a virtual world? Archived 2022-02-20 at the Wayback Machine Access date: February 2013.
Kluge, Stacy; Riley, Elizabeth (2008). "Teaching in Virtual Worlds: Opportunities and Challenges" (PDF). Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology. 5: 127–135. doi:10.28945/1000. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 13, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
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(August 4, 2011) Report: Second Life Making $100M a Year Archived 2022-03-31 at the Wayback Machine Access date: February 8, 2013
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worldsinmotion.biz

"Worlds In Motion - Analysis: Virtual Worlds And Investment, Q1 2008". Worldsinmotion.biz. Archived from the original on July 29, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2012.