Facets of Virtual Environments: First International Conference, FaVE 2009, Berlin, Germany, July 27-29, 2009, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes of ... and Telecommunications Engineering)

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Facets of VirtualEnvironments......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
What Is VGE?......Page 13
Why VGE Rising?......Page 14
Related Work......Page 15
Revolution of Geography Research Methods and Geographic Languages......Page 16
VGE Extends Geographic Environment in the Real World......Page 17
Experimental Geography......Page 18
VGE as a Virtual Geographic Experiment Platform......Page 19
Discussion and Conclusion......Page 20
References......Page 21
Introduction......Page 23
Background......Page 24
Self-expression in Virtual Worlds......Page 25
The Vacancy Problem......Page 26
Related Work......Page 27
Real World Implementation......Page 28
Virtual World Implementation......Page 29
Dual Reality Event and Discussion......Page 34
Discussion......Page 35
Conclusion......Page 36
References......Page 37
Introduction......Page 40
The Meta-Institute for Computational Astrophysics (MICA)......Page 41
Improving Scientific Collaboration and Communication......Page 42
A New Approach to Numerical Simulations......Page 44
Immersive Multi-Dimensional Data Visualization......Page 47
Information Architectures for the Next Generation Web......Page 49
Concluding Comments......Page 51
References......Page 53
Introduction......Page 55
Related Work......Page 56
World of Warcraft......Page 57
Methodology......Page 58
Spatial Analysis......Page 60
Temporal Analysis......Page 62
Network Structures......Page 64
Conclusions......Page 68
References......Page 69
Introduction......Page 71
Time-Pressure and Spatial Cognition......Page 72
Introducing Landmarks and Time-Pressure......Page 73
Conclusions......Page 75
References......Page 77
Introduction......Page 79
Weather and Mood......Page 80
Virtual Environments and Presence......Page 81
Design......Page 82
Materials......Page 83
Dependent Variables and Measures......Page 84
Results......Page 85
Discussion......Page 86
References......Page 87
Introduction......Page 90
Legal Topics of Terms of Service......Page 91
Complexity of Terms of Service......Page 93
Readability......Page 94
Evolution......Page 95
Scope......Page 96
Dealing with Terms of Service Complexity......Page 97
Conclusions......Page 99
References......Page 100
Introduction......Page 102
A Next Generation Online Virtual World Retail Store......Page 103
Domain Ontology and Its Creation......Page 105
Concepts of the Domain......Page 106
Handling Queries on the Domain......Page 107
A Detailed Example......Page 108
Integrating Virtual Worlds and Business Applications......Page 109
Integration Mechanisms......Page 110
Carrying Out Real-World Transactions......Page 111
Role of Visual Semantics in Retail Stores......Page 112
Shopping by Example......Page 113
References......Page 115
Introduction......Page 117
Related Work......Page 118
Virtual Worlds......Page 119
Usage Scenario......Page 120
Architecture and Implementation......Page 122
Applications......Page 125
Usage Scenarios with StellarSim......Page 128
Conclusions and Future Work......Page 129
References......Page 130
Introduxction......Page 132
Online Multi-user Virtual Environments......Page 133
A Blueprint for the Creation of Collaboration Patterns......Page 134
The Semiotic Triad as an Organizing Structure......Page 135
Action and Interaction in 3D Virtual Environments......Page 136
A Typology of Objects in Virtual Environments......Page 137
A Blueprint for Embodied Virtual Collaboration......Page 139
Examples of Collaboration Patterns Based on the Blueprint......Page 141
Conclusion......Page 144
References......Page 145
Introduction......Page 146
Emotions and Virtual Characters......Page 147
Modelling Artificial Emotions and Its Recognition......Page 149
Multifunctional Aspects of the Gestural Behavior......Page 151
Scheme for Virtual Character Research......Page 152
Psychological States - Personality......Page 153
Verbal and Nonverbal Communication......Page 154
Cognitive Processing......Page 155
Virtual Environments......Page 156
Evaluation Method......Page 157
References......Page 158
Introduction......Page 162
Transportation......Page 163
Artificiality......Page 164
Methods......Page 165
Experiment Setup......Page 166
Experiment......Page 167
Experimental Procedure......Page 168
Development of Questionnaires......Page 169
Results for Data Analysis and Interpretation......Page 171
Conclusion......Page 173
References......Page 174
Introduction......Page 176
Literature Review......Page 178
Methodology......Page 179
Leveling......Page 180
End-Game......Page 182
Discussion and Conclusion......Page 186
References......Page 187
Introduction......Page 189
Characteristics of Virtual Environments (and Worlds)......Page 190
The Application of Human Rights in Virtual Worlds......Page 191
Normative Framework......Page 193
Possible Actions......Page 194
In-Game Discrimination: Some Examples......Page 195
Possible Actions......Page 196
Conclusion......Page 197
Introduction......Page 198
Consumers as Producers......Page 199
Social and Cultural Lens......Page 200
Technical Lens......Page 202
Economic and Business Lens......Page 203
Legal and Policy Lens......Page 205
Discussion......Page 206
Emergent Behavior......Page 208
Factors Impacting Consumers as Producers......Page 209
Conclusions and Future Work......Page 211
References......Page 212
Author Index......Page 214