Spatial proximity to others determines how humans inhabit virtual worlds

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 318-323

  Lomanowska, Anna M ^a,b   Guitton, Matthieu J ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avatars; Interpersonal distance; Second Life; Social density; Spatial distribution; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

AVATARS; GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS; HUMAN SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; IMMERSIVE; INTERPERSONAL DISTANCE; MULTI-MODAL; PHYSICAL ISOLATION; POPULAR PLATFORM; POPULATION DENSITIES; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SECOND LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SPATIAL PROXIMITY; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL WORLD; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84855565092     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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