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Showing 1 to 20 of 149 for “"Virtual world"”.
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The Investigation of Helping Behavior in the Virtual World
… a peer bullying situation that occurred in the virtual medium of Second Life. Additionally, due to the novel nature of this experimental medium, this study also examined the utility of Second Life as a mechanism for creating realistic psychological experiences. Independent variables included the …
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Cinemacraft: Exploring Fidelity Cues in Collaborative Virtual World Interactions
… in this thesis concerns the contribution of virtual human (or avatar) fidelity to social interaction in virtual environments (VEs) and how sensory fusion can improve these interactions. VEs present new possibilities for mediated communication by placing people in a shared 3D context. However, …
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Design and creation of a virtual world of Petra, Jordan
… thesis presents the design and creation of a 3D virtual world of Petra, Jordan, based on the digital spatial documentation of this UNESCO World Heritage Site by the Zamani project. Creating digital records of the spatial domain of heritage sites is a well-established practice that employs the …
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Educators' experiences: the process of integrating virtual world technology in higher education
… education who had used, or are currently using, virtual worlds in their courses. The focal point of most studies with regards to virtual worlds is on the technology itself. There have been very few studies where the focus is on educators. It is important to include educators, the human component, …
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Contact detection, collision forces and friction for physically based virtual world modeling
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1990.
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USING A VIRTUAL WORLD FOR SCIENCE INSTRUCTION WITH FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS
… qualitative study's purpose was to integrate virtual classroom assignments with traditional classroom activities. The integration of these virtual classroom assignments were used to assess the benefits of technology integration in a science classroom. Thirteen fifth and sixth grade students …
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Integrating virtual world with choice experiment method: case of residential stormwater management measures
… information to participants. I employed a virtual world platform and designed two experiments that are differentiated in terms of the level of social presence while describing attributes of a choice experiment study to participants. The impact of this integration was explored using four …
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MOOSE crossing : construction, community and learning in a networked virtual world for kids
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Media Arts & Sciences, 1997.
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The Real Virtual World: Connectivity and Techno-mediation in the Lives of College Students
… such as social media, text messaging, and virtual communities are used to negotiate, establish and maintain interpersonal relationships among college students. Using in-depth interview and online participant observation, I explore the relationship between technological communication and …
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ADVERTISING A VIRTUAL WORLD: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF CHINESE AND U.S. VIDEO GAME ADVERTISEMENTS
… advertisements used more character progression, virtual item accumulation and socialization appeals. Limitations of the study and directions for future study are discussed.
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Young adults' sexual strategies and mating displays in the virtual world: an evolutionary perspective
… examine sexual strategies and mating displays in virtual chatrooms, and to test LHT-based predictions about those strategies and displays. Specifically, I tested the hypotheses that, in the chatrooms, individuals would adopt sexual strategies and mating displays reflective of their different life …
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Development and Evaluation of Virtual World Instruction Based on a Constructivist Learning Environment Design Framework
… capable of fulfilling these requirements is virtual worlds (Kemp and Haycock, 2008). Designed as a developmental research study, this research validates the use of virtual worlds as a development tool when building a CLE within the K-12 environment.
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Learning in a virtual world : expanding activity theory for the design and evaluation of group praxis
… to support the design and evaluation of virtual worlds which are effective in their particular learning context by developing, a meta-theoretical framework for understanding "learning in a virtual world" and the novel dialectical methodology for designing and evaluating learning …
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A higher education case: millennial experience toward learning through a virtual world designed as an authentic learning environment
… students for jobs in a constantly changing world. Many students of the Millennial generation may be social media savvy. However, what can be said about learning conditions and student readiness for active, reflective and collaborative learning and media literacy within their discipline? …
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Using a Virtual World to Teach Joint Protection to People Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial
… improve accessibility. Aims: (i) To develop a virtual world (VW) intervention available via the Internet in Second Life®, that aims to improve the knowledge of joint protection among people with RA and (ii) to undertake a pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) to assess the feasibility of …
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Virtual world commerce adoption (VWCA) : a case study of second life investigating the impacts of perceived affordances, trust, and need satisfaction
Virtual worlds are computer-simulated worlds in which multi-players can simultaneously interact in a rich graphical environment. The development of virtual worlds, along with the massive growth of users, creates opportunities for business organizations. This dissertation involves many studies …
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Using Virtual Worlds to Identify Multidimensional Student Engagement in High School Foreign Language Learning Classrooms
Virtual world environments have evolved from object-oriented, text-based online games to complex three-dimensional immersive social spaces where the lines between reality and computer-generated begin to blur. Educators use virtual worlds to create engaging three-dimensional learning spaces for …
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An empirical study of multisection virtual 3D healthcare learning environments. Investigation into the effect of multisection incorporation on the usability of online 3D virtual healthcare learning environments and the production of empirically derived guidelines for designing the learning environments.
… development of courseware presentation in the 3D Virtual Worlds platform. The technical objective of the study is to present the design of multisection strategy in developing healthcare course in 3D Virtual World online environment. The main aim of this study is to know the effects of multisection …
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A Bandwidth-Conserving Architecture for Crawling Virtual Worlds
<p>A virtual world is a computer-based simulated environment intended for its users to inhabit via avatars. Content in virtual worlds such as Second Life or OpenSimulator is increasingly presented using three-dimensional (3D) dynamic presentation technologies that challenge traditional search …
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