CO-creation in virtual worlds: The design of the user experience

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 773-788

  Kohler, Thomas ^a   Fueller, Johann ^b   Matzler, Kurt ^b   Stieger, Daniel ^b  

^a HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INNSBRUCK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Action research; Co creation; Experience design; Second Life; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ACTION RESEARCH; CO-CREATION; EXPERIENCE DESIGN; SECOND LIFE; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

VIRTUAL ADDRESSES;

EID: 80051732931     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/23042808     Document Type: Article

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