Virtual Inhabited 3D Worlds: Interactivity and Interaction Between Avatars, Autonomous Agents and Users

Jensen, Jens F.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-3698-9_2

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“…Scripts can even be written so that the avatar can have mannerisms that replicate human actions, such as sitting or eating. Jensen (1999) agrees with Marshall McLuhan, who said, "Media and technology are extensions of us" (4).…”

Section: Inhabitants Of the Virtual Worldsupporting

confidence: 75%

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Surfing for Knowledge: Virtual Libraries and Books on the Web

Wicks

2011

Community & Junior College Libraries

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Section: Inhabitants Of the Virtual Worldsupporting

confidence: 75%

“…The term avatar has been around for a long time and comes from a word in Sanskrit; it generally meant a form of "embodiment of a spirit in the flesh" (Jensen 1999) "on earth" (Fron, Fullerton, Morie, and Pearce 2007). Avatars have been used on the Internet for longer than most people are aware.…”

Section: Inhabitants Of the Virtual Worldmentioning

confidence: 99%

Surfing for Knowledge: Virtual Libraries and Books on the Web

Wicks

2011

Community & Junior College Libraries

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“…Dovetailing to the second and third strands, Jensen [15] put it beautifully "...the encounter with the computer is transformed from an experience of a two-dimensional interface, which can be clicked on, to the experience of a space in which the user feels a presence and a community with other people; and correspondingly, that the encounter with the Internet tends to change from an experience of a web of linked 2D-documents, to an experience of a galaxy of interconnected 3-dimensional Virtual Worlds. "…”

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Pilot Study: Breaking the Virtual Boundary and Forging Communities of Practice through Virtual Worlds

Jegathesan¹

2014

IJSSH

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Abstract-3D Virtual worlds are crossing and bridging boundaries between the virtual and the real, as well as creating dynamic communities across and between researchers, artists and filmmakers, among others. This paper is the result of a pilot study that points to three strands of investigation that have now been planned to be carried out over the coming two years. The first strand where preliminary questionnaire data were collected shows how positive perceptions can be formed of a physical institution after having experienced it in a virtual sense. The second strand, in which international focus groups were used, seems to indicate how communities of practice have developed within and between artists and film makers using 3D virtual worlds instead of through conventional approaches. The third strand, in which an international focus group was also used, also seems to indicate how a community of practice has developed and further shows how the use of 3D virtual technologies have allowed educators and researchers in educational institutions to increase the breadth, depth, diversity and frequency of their research collaborations as compared to periods prior to them using 3D virtual technologies. More in-depth empirical studies on all of this will follow.Index Terms-3D Art, communities of practice, machinima, second life, virtual worlds.I.

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“…According to , social interactions promote learning. Interactions in a 3-D virtual environment, however, require special traits (Jensen, 1999). A language learner in SL interacts through an avatar with other avatars that represent other human beings at the same time, but not within the same physical proximity.…”

Section: Considering the Enabling Technologymentioning

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“…In terms of communication and interaction, the interactions undertaken in SL are related to real-life interactions but mediated by SL virtual environments through the Internet and computer applications. Anderson (chapter 2) described the several types of interactions that exist between learners, instructors, learning materials, and environments, while Jensen (1999) has noted several types of interactions that exist specifically in 3-D learning environments. Based in part on these observations and our own, we propose three levels of interaction to consider when engaging students in language learning in SL .…”

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Emerging Technologies in Distance Education

2010

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This chapter benefited greatly from the contributions of numerous people, most of whom I have never met. I would like to thank George Siemens for posting my question on searching for a definition of emerging technologies on Twitter and on his blog. I am also deeply thankful to all the individuals who answered that question. I also want to recognize the contributions of a number of authors whose work appears in this edited collection: Elizabeth Wellburn, B.J. Eib, and Alec Couros, who encouraged me to explicitly state the implications of "context" on the proposed definitions; Hagit Meishar-Tal and Andrew Whitworth, who highlighted the sociological aspect of the proposed ideas; and Bob Heller, who encouraged me to think more broadly about these technologies. Thank you all for contributing to this definition.

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Virtual Inhabited 3D Worlds: Interactivity and Interaction Between Avatars, Autonomous Agents and Users

Cited by 9 publications

References 4 publications

Surfing for Knowledge: Virtual Libraries and Books on the Web

Surfing for Knowledge: Virtual Libraries and Books on the Web

Pilot Study: Breaking the Virtual Boundary and Forging Communities of Practice through Virtual Worlds

Emerging Technologies in Distance Education

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