One prediction about this future of pervasive technology is that people will carry the tools needed to interface with technological resources sprinkled through out the environment...
Legitimacy is a key part of the social requirements specification for a trusted virtual community environment (VCE). If an environment is not seen as legitimate, social conflicts m...
The paper introduces the concept of digital city and discusses how to assess a particular project, concerning its success in connecting the real city with its virtual counterpart....
Abstract. Social assistance constitutes an increasing problem in developed countries, which can be considered from two dimensions: the home and the hospital frameworks. Anyway, mos...
Gabriel Fiol-Roig, Diana Arellano, Francisco J. Pe...
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...