Facets of Virtual Environments: First International Conference, FaVE 2009, Berlin, Germany, July 27-29, 2009, Revised Selected Papers

Title Page......Page 1
Preface......Page 4
Organization......Page 7
FaVE 2009 – Track 3......Page 9
Introduction......Page 11
What Is VGE?......Page 12
Why VGE Rising?......Page 13
Related Work......Page 14
Revolution of Geography Research Methods and Geographic Languages......Page 15
VGE Extends Geographic Environment in the Real World......Page 16
Experimental Geography......Page 17
VGE as a Virtual Geographic Experiment Platform......Page 18
Discussion and Conclusion......Page 19
References......Page 20
Introduction......Page 22
Background......Page 23
Self-expression in Virtual Worlds......Page 24
The Vacancy Problem......Page 25
Related Work......Page 26
Real World Implementation......Page 27
Virtual World Implementation......Page 28
Dual Reality Event and Discussion......Page 33
Discussion......Page 34
Conclusion......Page 35
References......Page 36
Introduction......Page 39
The Meta-Institute for Computational Astrophysics (MICA)......Page 40
Improving Scientific Collaboration and Communication......Page 41
A New Approach to Numerical Simulations......Page 43
Immersive Multi-Dimensional Data Visualization......Page 46
Information Architectures for the Next Generation Web......Page 48
Concluding Comments......Page 50
References......Page 52
Introduction......Page 54
Related Work......Page 55
World of Warcraft......Page 56
Methodology......Page 57
Distances traveled.......Page 59
Demographic Density.......Page 60
Temporal Analysis......Page 61
Network Structures......Page 63
Conclusions......Page 67
References......Page 68
Introduction......Page 70
Time-Pressure and Spatial Cognition......Page 71
Introducing Landmarks and Time-Pressure......Page 72
Conclusions......Page 74
References......Page 76
Introduction......Page 78
Method......Page 81
Results......Page 84
Discussion......Page 85
References......Page 86
Introduction......Page 89
Legal Topics of Terms of Service......Page 90
Complexity of Terms of Service......Page 92
Readability......Page 93
Evolution......Page 94
Scope......Page 95
Dealing with Terms of Service Complexity......Page 96
Conclusions......Page 98
References......Page 99
Introduction......Page 101
A Next Generation Online Virtual World Retail Store......Page 102
Domain Ontology and Its Creation......Page 104
Concepts of the Domain......Page 105
Handling Queries on the Domain......Page 106
A Detailed Example......Page 107
Integrating Virtual Worlds and Business Applications......Page 108
Integration Mechanisms......Page 109
Carrying Out Real-World Transactions......Page 110
Role of Visual Semantics in Retail Stores......Page 111
Shopping by Example......Page 112
References......Page 114
Introduction......Page 116
Related Work......Page 117
Virtual Worlds......Page 118
UsageScenario......Page 119
Architecture and Implementation......Page 121
Applications......Page 124
Usage Scenarios with StellarSim......Page 127
Conclusions and Future Work......Page 128
References......Page 129
FaVE 2009 – Track 5......Page 10
Introduxction......Page 131
Online Multi-user Virtual Environments......Page 132
A Blueprint for the Creation of Collaboration Patterns......Page 133
The Semiotic Triad as an Organizing Structure......Page 134
Action and Interaction in 3D Virtual Environments......Page 135
A Typology of Objects in Virtual Environments......Page 136
A Blueprint for Embodied Virtual Collaboration......Page 138
Examples of Collaboration Patterns Based on the Blueprint......Page 140
Conclusion......Page 143
References......Page 144
Introduction......Page 145
Emotions and Virtual Characters......Page 146
Modelling Artificial Emotions and Its Recognition......Page 148
Multifunctional Aspects of the Gestural Behavior......Page 150
Scheme for Virtual Character Research......Page 151
Psychological States - Personality......Page 152
Verbal and Nonverbal Communication......Page 153
Cognitive Processing......Page 154
Virtual Environments......Page 155
Evaluation Method......Page 156
References......Page 157
Introduction......Page 161
Transportation......Page 162
Artificiality......Page 163
Methods......Page 164
Experiment Setup......Page 165
Experiment......Page 166
Experimental Procedure......Page 167
Development of Questionnaires......Page 168
Results for Data Analysis and Interpretation......Page 170
Conclusion......Page 172
References......Page 173
Introduction......Page 175
Literature Review......Page 177
Methodology......Page 178
Leveling......Page 179
End-Game......Page 181
Discussion and Conclusion......Page 185
References......Page 186
Introduction......Page 188
Characteristics of Virtual Environments (and Worlds)......Page 189
The Application of Human Rights in Virtual Worlds......Page 190
Normative Framework......Page 192
Possible Actions......Page 193
In-Game Discrimination: Some Examples......Page 194
Possible Actions......Page 195
Conclusion......Page 196
Introduction......Page 197
Consumers as Producers......Page 198
Social and Cultural Lens......Page 199
Technical Lens......Page 201
Economic and Business Lens......Page 202
Legal and Policy Lens......Page 204
Discussion......Page 205
Emergent Behavior......Page 207
Factors Impacting Consumers as Producers......Page 208
Conclusions and Future Work......Page 210
References......Page 211
Author Index......Page 213