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CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
Acquiring a professional "second life": problems and prospects for the use of virtual worlds in business
The current surge of interest in virtual worlds suggests they are poised to make an evolutionary leap to the workplace, as instant messaging did a decade ago. In recent work we ha...
Jason B. Ellis, Katherine Bessière, Wendy A...
CACM
1998
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14 years 9 months ago
The Virtual Reality Modeling Language and Java
Abstract. The Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) and Java provide a standardized, portable and platformindependent way to render dynamic, interactive 3D scenes across the Int...
Donald P. Brutzman
CHI
2000
ACM
15 years 2 months ago
Traversable interfaces between real and virtual worlds
Traversable interfaces establish the illusion that virtual and physical worlds are joined together and that users can physically cross from one to the other. Our design for a trav...
Boriana Koleva, Holger Schnädelbach, Steve Be...
HICSS
2009
IEEE
107views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2009»
15 years 1 months ago
Emerging Standards in Virtual Fashion: An Analysis of Critical Strategies Used in Second Life Fashion Blogs
As virtual worlds evolve, so does the visual complexity and customizability of the avatars inside the worlds. In virtual worlds such as Second Life, prospering virtual fashion ind...
Jeffrey Bardzell, Tyler Pace, Laura Brunetti, Qian...
CORR
2008
Springer
98views Education» more  CORR 2008»
14 years 10 months ago
The Physical World as a Virtual Reality
This paper explores the idea that the universe is a virtual reality created by information processing, and relates this strange idea to the findings of modern physics about the ph...
Brian Whitworth