The virtual future [electronic resource] / William Sims Bainbridge.

The newest communication technologies are profoundly changing the world's politics, economies, and cultures, but the specific implications of online gameworlds remain mysterious. The Virtual Future employs theories and methods from social science to explore nine very different virtual futures:...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Bainbridge, William Sims
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Springer, ©2011.
Series:Immersive environments series.
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Table of Contents:
  • The City and the Stars
  • The Matrix Online
  • Tabula Rasa
  • Anarchy Online
  • Entropia Universe
  • Star Trek Online
  • EVE Online
  • Star Wars Galaxies
  • World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade
  • The Chronicles of Riddick
  • The Skylark and the Shuttle
  • Index.