Virtual Worlds, So What?

Editor's Notes

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5. Public Virtual Worlds: Virtual lands such as the Military Lands (MiLands) in Second Life uses: outreaching residents, as well as for family counselling, simulation, and prototype testing. Many virtual worlds used in security and defence training are PRIVATE such as Virtual Battlespace 2 (VBS2), for instance, which is being used by military and defenceorganisations such as the United States Marine Corps, the Australian Defence Force and United Kingdom’’s Ministry of Defence uses: ““mission rehearsal, tactical training and simulated combined arms exercises”” (Bohemia Interactive, 2008). OECD,2011. Virtual worlds: IMMERSIVE ONLINE PLATFORMS FOR COLLABORATION, CREATIVITY AND LEARNING.OECD DIGITAL ECONOMY PAPERS, No 184. OECD Publishing. Available at: http://search.proquest.com/docview/874045972?accountid=78988[Accessed 16 April 2012].Tobias Dreher & Claus Lehmann. 2012. Virtual World Vorstellung und Interview. Interviewed by Daniel Marczinek (inGerman). [Telephone conference and Webinar] Berlin and London. 20 April 2012.Screenshot Helicopter: Second Life [Accessed 23 April 2012]Screenshot Fire & Server Cooling system process: T-Systems MMS internal promotion pictures [Received 23.04.2012]
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