Name
Title | ||
|---|---|---|
Acquiring a professional "second life": problems and prospects for the use of virtual worlds in business |
Abstract | ||
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The current surge of interest in virtual worlds suggests they are poised to make an evolutionary leap to the workplace, as instant messaging did a decade ago. In recent work we have introduced dozens of new users to teambuilding activities in the Second Life® environment, meeting both enthusiasm and skepticism. We document five issues for professional users of virtual environments: initial motivation, technical difficulties, interacting competently, becoming socially proficient, and finding compelling activities. Based on these we describe a training strategy to enable professional users of virtual worlds. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2009 | 10.1145/1520340.1520416 | CHI Extended Abstracts |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
evolutionary leap,interacting competently,professional user,virtual world,current surge,second life,initial motivation,compelling activity,instant messaging,virtual environment,adoption,collaboration,virtual worlds | Metaverse,World Wide Web,Enthusiasm,Computer science,Instant messaging,Skepticism,Human–computer interaction,Social translucence,Multimedia | Conference |
Citations | PageRank | References |
19 | 1.63 | 8 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katherine Bessière | 1 | 156 | 10.11 |
| Jason B. Ellis | 2 | 328 | 60.40 |
| Wendy A. Kellogg | 3 | 1636 | 264.27 |