Ecommerce in virtual worlds: a 'just do it' approach?

Ecommerce in virtual worlds - a 'just do it' approach?

For the corporate world, virtual worlds (VWs) are still an unexplored land of opportunities. The fact that some big companies such as IBM and Sun Microsystems have devoted considerable funds and talent to taming the new territory has convinced others to step in. However and by the same token, the spectacular falls of some of these VWs ‘projects’ made other corporations hesitant or at least luke...

Just Do It

Just Do It

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ILP: Just Do It

A Semantic Approach of Virtual Worlds Interoperability

This paper presents semantic approach for a solution of the problem of interoperability for virtual worlds. The semantic of virtual worlds and virtual entities is described using the Influence/Reaction model issued of multi-agent systems. The main feature of this model is to clearly separate the description of an action (performed by virtual entities) and the consequences of the action. We demo...