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Shared virtual environments

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Second Life
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Virtual reality
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Shared virtual environments
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Model law on cross-border internet activities and virtual worlds


More and more aspects of life are covered by the internet. This fact increases the number of relationships that arise between natural and legal persons. This model law aims to regulate cross-border internet activities comprehensively, covering most facets, including up to the level of complexity of “virtual worlds”.
Briefing paper

Avoiding hospital readmissions: the models and the role of primary care


This paper discusses different models of care reported in the literature which have been used to prevent unplanned hospital readmissions, including those models that improve transitional care, as well as virtual wards and tele-health.
Report

Gaming micro-transactions for chance-based items


Gaming micro-transactions for chance-based items, called 'loot boxes' for the purposes of this inquiry, are included in some video games to provide players with away to obtain virtual items for in-game use.
Conference paper

The immersive internet: New models and lead users in Australia


The move to develop new visualisation tools for online activities is a response to the complex systems of our expanding, informationalised world and the realisation that graphical representation improves our ability to navigate and make sense of it. But when such tools are combined with social networking and gaming principles, the impact is multiplied, the...
Report

Second Life: how may it augment our first (learning) life?


This report on Second Life is structured in five parts. Part 1 gives a short outline of what Second Life is. Part 2 details current and potential use of Second Life in pedagogy. Part 3 addresses Second Life in relation to research and creative practice. Part 4 examines Second Life’s current and potential uses in...