Au, Wagner James. <br/><br/>
The making of Second Life  notes from the new world 
Wagner James Au. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York  Collins  c2008. 
 - xxii, 274 pages  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : old world to new world : a brief history of the metaverse -- Touching knowledge : from virtual reality to real company -- Imagining the Net in 3-D : shunting the datastream into rivers and sky -- The engines of creation : the alchemy of user-created content -- The unwisdom of crowds : object lessons in online-world social engineering -- Self-made mankind : identity and role-playing with the digital generation -- Making love : romance and desire, digitized for your protection -- Building walls, defending territory : border disputes and culture clashing in war's shadow -- Burning down the house : democracy as a business model -- Avatar as entrepreneur : from content creator to revenue generator -- Investing in utopia : a rough explorer's guidefor corporations and organizations in the metaverse -- Law is code : crime and punishment in the Net's 3-D future -- Building a better world : research, education, and activism in an online world -- Convergence : an internet-to-online world road map for the next decade. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780061353208 0061353205 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007028684 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA792490  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>014341222  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Second Life (Game)<br/>Shared virtual environments
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV1469.25.S425  / A9 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>794.8  / A8876m