Information Dynamics in Virtual Worlds

Index

A

accelerometers, 110

action/shooter games, 29–30

Active Worlds, 34, 44, 47, 48

Actor-network theory, 8–10

Albert B. Alkek library, 100

Alliance Library System, 81, 85

Second Life Library project, 81

alternative dispute resolution (ADR), 168

Appadaurai, Arjuna, 6

application program interface (API), 35, 107, 144

‘Apps’, 106–8

artificial reality See virtual reality

augmented reality, 95, 105, 106, 108, 113, 114

avatars, 3, 8, 10, 13, 26, 30, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 46, 47, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 75, 76, 81, 82, 86, 90, 92, 93, 94, 104

B

Baudrillard, Jean, 4–5

Bauman, Zygmunt, 82–3

Bell, Lori, 34

blog posts, 74–5

branding See marketing

Building Library 3.0, 79, 80

Butler, Judith, 41

C

CADspan, 35

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