... to test their coping skills -- the virtual world. A new study found that a virtual reality environment can provide the climate necessary to spark an alcohol craving ...
... activity. The study will take place entirely in the virtual world of Second Life (SL). The project ... opportunity to learn and practice these new behaviors in a virtual environment and in real life," said Rebecca Lee ...
... promoting healthy dietary habits and physical activity. The study will take place entirely in the virtual world of Second Life ...
... who conducted the first experimental field studies in the virtual world. They found that avatars in these elaborate fantasylands responded ... herself, and not others. In at least one sense, worries may be inflated about virtual world users spending too many hours ...
Second Life, a virtual world created in 2003, currently boasts more than 12 million users ... State researchers are investigating how virtual teams can better solve real world problems by collaborating ...
Second Life, a virtual world created in 2003, currently boasts more than 12 million users ... State researchers are investigating how virtual teams can better solve real world problems by collaborating ...
... a measurement tool specifically for business applications in the virtual world, noting that the productivity and effectiveness of workers ... says, "because we believe that if users feel they are 'present' in the virtual world, they will collaborate better with other members of their team ...
... , held grass roots rallies, handed out virtual buttons and T-shirts, and signed up actual voters in the virtual world of Second Life and other online communities ...
Finnish-based Muxlim.com, the world's largest Muslim online community, will in a few weeks launch a prototype of a Muslim-friendly virtual world, the company said Friday.
A trial version of the world's first Muslim-friendly virtual world was launched Tuesday, where users can create an online persona, design their own rooms, buy virtual items and interact with others.
... PhysOrg.com) -- Normally, virtual worlds are the setting of many online games and entertainment applications, but now ... professional scientific organization based entirely in virtual worlds. Called the Meta Institute for Computational ...
... for policy options or military actions by interacting with a virtual world environment....They can propose a policy option ... and Dickerson say that "U.S. defense analysts can use such virtual worlds to interact with models of the behaviors of these groups and understand ...
The US consumer protection agency warned parents Thursday that children can easily bypass age requirements in virtual worlds and access violent or sexually explicit content.
... an international team with complementary strengths to study virtual world behaviour and it is an honour to be part of that. "This project ... in experimental and behavioural economics, and relating to behaviour in virtual worlds, combined with the additional strengths we will contribute ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of 'virtual' worlds to see how criminals use them to launder real money is underway at the University of the West of England.
