Archive for July, 2009

Living Digitally: Embodiment in Virtual Worlds

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

“Living Digitally: Embodiment in Virtual Worlds” in R. Schroeder (ed.), The Social Life of Avatars: Presence and Interaction in Shared Virtual Environments. London: Springer-Verlag, 2002. [PDF]

Whose Game Is This Anyway?’”: Negotiating Corporate Ownership in a Virtual World

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

“‘Whose Game Is This Anyway?’”: Negotiating Corporate Ownership in a Virtual World” in F. Mäyrä (ed.), Computer Games and Digital Cultures Conference Proceedings. Tampere: Tampere University Press, 2002. Copy unavailable. Please refer to the chapter in my book Play Between Worlds for most up to date version of the argument. Note: The request to “contact [...]

Everyday Experiences of Avatar Environments

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Everyday Experiences of Avatar Environments, co-author Nina Wakeford. Commissioned by the University of Southern California’s Integrated Media Systems Center, 2002. Copy unavailable.

Life in Virtual Worlds: Plural Existence, Multi-modalities, and Other Online Research Challenges

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

“Life in Virtual Worlds: Plural Existence, Multi-modalities, and Other Online Research Challenges,” American Behavioral Scientist, Vol.43, No.3, 435-449, 1999. [PDF] Abstract Virtual environments present researchers with a range of methodological considerations, both new  and old. With the advent of embodied online worlds, experiences with distributed presence, anonymity and multiple modes of engagement increasingly become the [...]

Virtual Environments for Education: Platform Review

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Virtual Environments for Education: Platform Review. Report for the National Science Foundation education and virtual environments grant project at the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis, Department of Sociology, 1996. Copy unavailable.