Leisure time in second life: Cultural differences and similarities

Proceedings - 2010 International Conference on Cyberworlds, CW 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 215-222

  Flores, Lilia Gómez ^a   Horner, Martyn ^a  

^a GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avatars; Leisure; Second life; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

3D AVATARS; AVATARS; CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY; CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS; CULTURAL DIFFERENCE; CYBERWORLDS; LATIN AMERICANS; LEISURE; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LEISURE TIME; SECOND LIFE; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

INTERNET; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 78751503432     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CW.2010.73     Document Type: Conference Paper

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