Second life and other virtual worlds: A roadmap for research

ICIS 2007 Proceedings - Twenty Eighth International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Mennecke, Brian E ^a   Bray, David A ^b   Lester, John ^c   Townsend, Anthony M ^a   Roche, Edward M ^d   Konsynski, Benn ^b   Rowe, Michael ^e  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Linden Lab   (United States)

^d The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^e IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

Human computer interaction; Online games; Research frameworks; Second life; Synthetic worlds; Virtual reality; Virtual worlds; World of warcraft

Indexed keywords

ON-LINE GAMES; SECOND LIFE; SYNTHETIC WORLDS; VIRTUAL WORLDS; WORLD OF WARCRAFT;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84870970546     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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