SECOND CALL FOR CHAPTERS
Proposal Submission Deadline: February 28, 2010 (extended and final)
Virtual Worlds, Second Life and Metaverse Platforms: New Communication and Identity Paradigms
A book edited by Nelson Zagalo, University of Minho; Leonel Morgado, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro; and Ana Boa-Ventura, The University of Texas at Austin
To be published by IGI Global:
http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=794
Introduction
The metaverse is emerging, through the increasing use of virtual world technologies that act as platforms for end-users to create, develop, and interact, expanding the realm of human communication, and collaboration. Researchers and scholars are experiencing the importance of this new area. The private sector is also strongly investing in these domains. Even more importantly, society is responding, and this will have a huge impact on life transformation. This book will present texts whose focus are the scientific research on uses, effects, developments and applications of various metaverse platforms, such as Second Life, Home (Sony), OpenSimulator, Open Croquet, Activeworlds, Project Wonderland, World of Warcraft and others.… read more. “Call: Virtual Worlds, Second Life and Metaverse Platforms: New Communication and Identity Paradigms”