Bibliograph

The making of Second Life, notes from the new world, Wagner James Au

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The making of Second Life, notes from the new world, Wagner James Au

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The making of Second Life

Oclc number

155715254

Responsibility statement

Wagner James Au

Sub title

notes from the new world

Table Of Contents

Introduction : old world to new world : a brief history of the metaverse -- Touching knowledge : from virtual reality to real company -- Imagining the Net in 3-D : shunting the datastream into rivers and sky -- The engines of creation : the alchemy of user-created content -- The unwisdom of crowds : object lessons in online-world social engineering -- Self-made mankind : identity and role-playing with the digital generation -- Making love : romance and desire, digitized for your protection -- Building walls, defending territory : border disputes and culture clashing in war's shadow -- Burning down the house : democracy as a business model -- Avatar as entrepreneur : from content creator to revenue generator -- Investing in utopia : a rough explorer's guidefor corporations and organizations in the metaverse -- Law is code : crime and punishment in the Net's 3-D future -- Building a better world : research, education, and activism in an online world -- Convergence : an internet-to-online world road map for the next decade

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