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
Autor principal: Malaby, Thomas M., 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Linden Lab (Firm)
Second Life
Shared virtual environments.
Corporate culture.
Business anthropology.
GAMES > Board.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Culture d'entreprise > Californie > San Francisco > Études de cas.
Affaires > Aspect anthropologique > Californie > San Francisco > Études de cas.
Jeux d'ordinateur > Conception > Aspect social > Études de cas.
Environnements virtuels partages > Études de cas.
Second Life (Jeu) > Aspect social.
Corporate culture > California > San Francisco > Case studies.
Business anthropology > California > San Francisco > Case studies.
Computer games > Design > Social aspects > Case studies.
Shared virtual environments > Case studies.
Second Life (Game) > Social aspects.
California > San Francisco.
Case studies.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
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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