Making virtual worlds : Linden Lab and Second Life /

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The past decade has seen phenomenal growth in the development and use of virtual worlds. In one of the most notable, Second Life, millions of people have created online avatars in order to play games, take classes, socialize, and conduct business transactions. Second Life offers a gathering point an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Malaby, Thomas M., 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
Temas:
Linden Lab (Firm)
Second Life (Game) > Social aspects.
Shared virtual environments > Case studies.
Video games > Design > Social aspects > Case studies.
Business anthropology > California > San Francisco > Case studies.
Corporate culture > California > San Francisco > Case studies.
Second Life (Jeu) > Aspect social.
Environnements virtuels partagés > Études de cas.
Jeux vidéo > Conception > Aspect social > Études de cas.
Affaires > Aspect anthropologique > Californie > San Francisco > Études de cas.
Culture organisationnelle > Californie > San Francisco > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
GAMES > Board.
Business anthropology
Corporate culture
Shared virtual environments
Second Life
California > San Francisco
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : a developer's-eye view
  • The product : Second Life, capital, and the possibility of failure in a virtual world
  • Tools of the gods
  • Knowing the gamer from the game
  • The birth of the cool
  • Precarious authority
  • Appendix A. The Tao of Linden
  • Appendix B. The mission of Linden Lab.

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