Togetherness through Virtual Worlds
Virtual worlds play a very important role in social interactions nowadays. People use these environments as a resource to meet friends and family at remote locations, in order to shorten physical distance. Until now there is not a generally accepted theory of presence, since the scientific research into this subject is considered to be in its initial stage.The present work analyzed the sense of physical presence and togetherness experienced by users of two different platforms available on the internet: iSpQ Videochat and ActiveWorlds, by interviewing them about these subjects. The answers obtained from users are quite interesting. Read complete paper: Togetherness through Virtual Worlds (PDF, 124Kb)
15.04.10 | |
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