02265nam a2200337Ia 4500 310945 20160527190421.0 070712s2008 nyu 001 0 eng 2007028684 GBA792490 bnb 014341222 Uk 9780061353208 0061353205 (OCoLC)ocn155715254 (OCoLC)155715254 DLC DLC YDX BTCTA BAKER YDXCP UKM JED DLC GV1469.25.S425 A9 2008 794.8 A8876m 22 Au, Wagner James. 198230 Local The making of Second Life notes from the new world Wagner James Au. 1st ed. New York Collins c2008. xxii, 274 pages 24 cm. Includes index. 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. Second Life (Game) 275474 Local Shared virtual environments 276411 Local Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0722/2007028684.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0911/2007028684-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0911/2007028684-d.html 228974 228974 0 0 ddc 0 794_800000000000000_A8876M 0 evl 114775 10 10 1 2016-05-27 Amazon 18.08 500168 0 794.8 A8876m 80000002459231 2016-05-27 00:00:00 r:310945 z:Presup. 2012-13 6