Virtual Space and Place: Theory and Test

نویسندگان

Carol Stoak Saunders

Anne-Françoise Rutkowski

Michiel van Genuchten

Douglas R. Vogel

Julio Molina Orrego

چکیده

Participants Avatar Animated characters that are graphical representation of people (Davis, et al. 2009) Animated characters Avatar Virtual world(s) (VW(s)) An electronic environment that visually mimics complex physical spaces, where people can interact with each other and with virtual objects, and where people are represented by animated characters (Bainbridge 2007, p. 472) Digital world, social virtual, world, virtual environment, apparent three dimensional environment Second Life (SL) Virtual Object Object designed using apparent three dimensionality displayed in VWs IT tools, Interactive work tools, virtual tools, VW tools Tools namely, brain-storming tool, idea organizer, voting floor MIS Quarterly Vol. 35 No. 4—Appendices/December 2011 A1

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