Virtual Worlds Facet Study - Sarah Robbins

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Virtual Worlds Facet Study - Sarah "Intellagirl" Robbins Protected by Creative Commons February 1, 2009

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VWs

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World of Warcraft

Second Life

Mabinogi

ActiveWorlds

Kaneva

Entropia

There

Virtual Lower East Side

Gaia

Disney Toontown

Mokitown

Whyville

Habbo Hotel

The Sims Online

Puzzle Pirates

Cybertown

IMVU

Moove

The Manor

The Palace

Club Penguin

Red Light Center

Cyworld

Dubit

Faketown

Millsberry

Webkinz

Zwinktopia

Sora City

Lord of the Rings Online

EVE Online

Guildwars

City of Heroes, City of Villains

Dark Age of Camelot

Ultima Online

Anarchy Online

Tabula Rasa

Hellgate

Hello Kitty

Playdo

V-Zones

HiPiHi

Twinity

Google Lively

Football Superstars

Weblin

RocketOn

Yoville

Prototerra

vSide

Tale in the Desert

SpineWorld

Exit Reality

Vastpark

Qwaq

PS3Home

Croquet

Metaplace

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Definition Traits

CLOSED

beta

CLOSED

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WAN

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Multi-user

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Persistent

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Avatar

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Facets

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1

Dominant Content Form

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Text

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X - web pages

X - web pages

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Image

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2

Dominant User-to-user communication form

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Text

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Visual

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Voice

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X 3rd party

x - 3rd party

X 3rd party

X 3rd party

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3

Stigmergy

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Stigmergic

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Non-Stigmergic

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Limited Stigmergy

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4

Object Ownership

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Private

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Public

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Shared

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None

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Environment Access

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Private

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X - beta

X-beta

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Public

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User's relationship with others

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Collaborative

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Antagonistic

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Conditional

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User's relationship with the environment

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Collaborative

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Antagonistic

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Conditional

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Group Membership

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None

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Single group

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Multiple groups

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User Identity

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Static

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Custom

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Conditional

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Group Formation

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None

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Permission or earned

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Open

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