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1. Slide 1: Definition and Taxonomy of Virtual Worlds Mark W. Bell Indiana University
2. Slide 2: Mark Bell Research at Indiana University Synthetic Worlds Institute Author of Second Life For Dummies
3. Slide 3: Definition How we got here Current vision Future Taxonomy
4. Slide 4: A Virtual World is… A synchronous, persistent network of people, represented by avatars, facilitated by computers.
5. Slide 5: Uma rede sincronizada e persistente de pessoas, representadas por avatares auxiliadas por computadores
6. Slide 6: A synchronous, persistent network of people, represented by avatars, facilitated by computers.
7. Slide 7: A synchronous, persistent network of people, represented by avatars, facilitated by computers.
8. Slide 8: A synchronous, persistent network of people, represented by avatars, facilitated by computers.
9. Slide 9: A synchronous, persistent network of people, represented by avatars, facilitated by computers.
10. Slide 10: Robbins-Bell Facets • Persistence • Multi-user • Avatars • Wide-Area Network (Robbins-Bell, 2008)
11. Slide 11: Persistence: A VW can't be paused; it exists whether you're logged in or not.
12. Slide 12: Multiuser: A world must be populated, or at least have the potential for population.
13. Slide 13: Avatars: Rather than an icon that represents a user, a virtual world allows us to create an agent that takes action, an avatar.
14. Slide 14: Wide Area Network: VWs are facilitated via wide area networks rather than local ones.
15. Slide 15: New Technologies Bring New Network Structures Facilitating New Connections between people
16. Slide 16: Channel Sender Message Receiver
17. Slide 17: Printing Press Author Printer Book Reader
18. Slide 18: Telegraph Sender Operator Telegraph Telegraph Operator Receiver
19. Slide 19: Telephone Sender Telephone Network Telephone Receiver
20. Slide 20: Telex Sender Telex Network Telex Telex Telex Receiver Receiver Receiver
21. Slide 21: Radio Sender Network Radio Radio Radio Receiver Receiver Receiver
22. Slide 22: Television Sender Network TV TV TV Receiver Receiver Receiver
23. Slide 23: Fax Sender Fax Network Fax Receiver
24. Slide 24: Broadcast
25. Slide 25: Broadcast
26. Slide 26: Dialogic
27. Slide 27: Dialogic
28. Slide 28: The computer changed everything
29. Slide 29: Punch card
30. Slide 30: Connecting computers really connected people
31. Slide 31: People have been connecting a long time
32. Slide 32: \"Communications tools don't get socially interesting until they get technologically boring.\" - Clay Shirky
33. Slide 33: In the beginning, was text… Email Chat USENET The WELL
34. Slide 34: A Game on A Calculator?
35. Slide 35: MUD-1 (1978)
36. Slide 36: OUBIETTE (1977) Avatar (1977) TinyMUD (1989) TinyMUCK (1990) TinyMUSH (1990) MOO (1990)
37. Slide 37: Habitat (1986)
38. Slide 38: The Palace (1994)
39. Slide 39: Dungeons & Dragons
40. Slide 40: NeverWinter Nights (1991)
41. Slide 41: Meridian 59 (1995)
42. Slide 42: Ultima Online (1997)
43. Slide 43: EverQuest (1999)
44. Slide 44: World Of Warcraft (2004)
45. Slide 45: Social worlds Rise of social worlds
46. Slide 46: Second Life (2003)
47. Slide 49: MMO player < 14
48. Slide 53: People + Methods of production and distribution + New methods of currency exchange = New Economies
49. Slide 54: Technology is bright and shiny
50. Slide 55: People are the brightest and shiniest
51. Slide 56: Uncanny Valley?
52. Slide 57: Fun
53. Slide 58: New Bodies
54. Slide 59: New Abilities
55. Slide 60: New Quest and Rewards
56. Slide 61: Taxonomy
57. Slide 62: Text
58. Slide 63: Graphics
59. Slide 65: Persistence
60. Slide 66: Stigmergic Communication through change in the environment
61. Slide 69: Homes
62. Slide 70: Business
63. Slide 71: Social Spaces
64. Slide 72: Virtual Worlds
65. Slide 73: Real Virtual
66. Slide 74: Real Virtual
67. Slide 75: Mark Bell bellmw@indiana.edu SL: Typewriter Tackleberry Facebook Twittter LinkedIn