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IVA
2007
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Spatial Social Behavior in Second Life
We have developed software bots that inhabit the popular online social environment SecondLife (SL). Our bots can wander around, collect data, engage in simple interactions, and car...
Doron Friedman, Anthony Steed, Mel Slater
CORR
2008
Springer
152views Education» more  CORR 2008»
13 years 5 months ago
Characterizing User Mobility in Second Life
In this work we present a measurement study of user mobility in Second Life. We first discuss different techniques to collect user traces and then focus on results obtained using ...
Chi-Anh La, Pietro Michiardi
CONEXT
2008
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
Is there life in Second Life?
Abstract: Social virtual worlds such as Second Life are digital representations of the real world where human-controlled avatars evolve and interact through social activities. Unde...
Matteo Varvello, Fabio Picconi, Christophe Diot, E...
IVA
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Spontaneous Avatar Behavior for Human Territoriality
Abstract. The challenge of making a virtual world believable includes a requirement for AI entities which autonomously react to a dynamic environment. After the breakthroughs in be...
Claudio Pedica, Hannes Högni Vilhjálms...
HICSS
2010
IEEE
164views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2010»
13 years 11 months ago
Embodied Social Presence Theory
We discuss and reflect on the importance of embodiment, context, and spatial proximity as they pertain to the sense of presence obtained by individuals in virtual environments. We...
Brian E. Mennecke, Janea L. Triplett, Lesya M. Has...