What is Virtual World

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An online community that takes the form of a computer-based simulated environment through which users can interact with one another and use and create objects. The term has become largely synonymous with interactive 3D virtual environments, where the users take the form of avatars visible to others. Learn more in: The Prospects for Teaching in Virtual Worlds

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A complete representation of a physical realm. Most likely this world is populated by avatars representing players, as well as virtual representations of virtual world characters (bots). Virtual worlds can mimic environments we are familiar with, or populate worlds with completely different inhabitants and rules of nature (e.g. people can fly). Learn more in: The Layered Virtual Reality Commerce System (LaVRCS): Proposing an Immersive Web X.0 Framework for E-Commerce

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A computer-simulated world where people inhabit as avatars. It could be two dimensional or three dimensional, and people can interact with each other via text or real-time voice communication via VOIP. Learn more in: MMORPGS and Foreign Language Education

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Computer-based simulated environment in which users interact via avatars. Learn more in: The Benefits for Faculty Teaching in Online and F2F Environments

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Provides 3-D environments for users to explore new virtual surroundings, interact with peer users without structured activities, and create virtual artifacts. The reward systems in virtual worlds are not always required. Users can wonder around and move between virtual worlds freely or purposefully. Interactions in virtual worlds, as opposed to those in GBL, are not meant for competitions. Learn more in: Game-Based Virtual-World Environments to Engage Lifelong Learners in Open Courseware for Open Learning

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An online/digital environment such as Second Life wherein individuals simultaneously interact, typically through the use of self-chosen avatars. Learn more in: Exploring Video Games from an Evolutionary Psychological Perspective

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A computer-simulated environment, usually inhabited by avatars. The virtual world representation may assume very different forms (two or three-dimensional graphic landscape, text-based description, etc.). The majority of virtual worlds allows multiple users. Learn more in: Post-Modern Tribes as a Marketing Tool

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A persistent digital environment hosted online for participants to build, create, or interact across a computer network or grid. Learn more in: Digital Citizens as Writers: New Literacies and New Responsibilities

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A computer-based simulated online community intended for users to inhabit and interact via avatars, often in game or simulation format which is similar to activities that occur in the real world. Learn more in: Multi-User Virtual Learning Environments in Education

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a computer-simulated environment, usually inhabited by avatars. The virtual world representation may assume very different forms (two or three-dimensional graphic landscape, text-based description, etc.). The majority of virtual worlds allow multiple users. Learn more in: Augmenting Actual Life Through MUVEs

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A web-based multi-user, multimodal simulation environment that gives a user a feeling of presence. Learn more in: Digital Technologies: Way Forward for Nigerian Languages Literacy

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Shared and simulated online spaces inhabited and designed by their users who are represented as avatars and who engage in communication and interaction with other avatars. Learn more in: Facilitation Strategies to Moderate Synchronous Virtual Discussion Groups in Teacher Training

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Computer-mediated, simulated, three-dimensional environment that presents the user(s) with a rich, visual experience and real-time communication with other users. Learn more in: Engagement in the Second Life Virtual World with Students

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In its traditional meaning, informed by the computer sciences, it can also be referred to as ‘artificial worlds’ or ‘virtual environments’. From a different perspective, that is, from a philosophical one, a virtual world is approached as a state of being. Following the work by Pierre Lévy, Gilles Deleuze, Henri Bergson, there are four states of being: the real, the possible, the actual and the virtual. The virtual and the possible are latent, while the real and the actual are manifest. The main difference between the virtual and the possible is that the virtual questions a creative solution to a problem: it tries to problematize it again, while the possible only executes and repeats already existing solutions. Learn more in: Designing Pervasive Virtual Worlds

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A technology-based environment in which participants typically interact as avatars, and can have synchronous interactions with other participants and resources in the environment. Learn more in: Perceptions of Presence and Community in Immersive Online Learning Environments

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A Virtual World is a persistent virtual environment in which all users login from their own computers to exist in a world in which there are no specific goals or rules to the world. Learn more in: Using Virtual Worlds to Assist Distributed Teams

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Representation in an artificial system or a part of reality. Learn more in: Creating Active Learning Spaces in Virtual Worlds

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“A scene or an experience with which a participant can interact by using computer-controlled input-output devices. Most virtual worlds attempt resemble physical reality …” ( Heim, 1993 , p. 160). Learn more in: Knowledge Transfer and Marketing in Second Life

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A computer-based simulated environment in which users interact as avatars. Learn more in: Theatre in Second Life® Holds the VR Mirror up to Nature

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a computer-based, simulated environment where individuals assume a virtual identity called an avatar Learn more in: Advancing Learning Through Virtual Worlds

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An environment where people can share knowledge, do business, and study together by using new technological devices such as PCs, laptops, mobile phones, PDAs, PDA phones and other devices by accessing to common networks such as Internet Learn more in: E-HRM as a Reality in Virtual World

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3D digital environment where it is possible to build creations, see other people's work, script and interact with other people taking the form of an avatar. Learn more in: Virtual Worlds: Places Where You Can Find Your True Talents

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An interactive, simulated, persistent, computer-generated environment accessed by multiple users through an online interface. A subset of virtual reality. Learn more in: Virtual Commerce

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Computer-simulated environment in which individuals interact with others through avatars. Learn more in: Marketing for Children Using Social Interaction Technologies

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An internet based MUVE that has no prescribed structuring of activity (see White & LeCornu, 2010). Learn more in: Virtual Worlds and Online Videogames for Children and Young People: Promises and Challenges

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A complete online representation of a physical realm where players’ avatars populate virtual worlds, as well as virtual world characters. Virtual worlds can mimic environments we are familiar with, or populate worlds with completely different inhabitants and rules of nature (e.g., people can fly). Most MMORPGs are complete virtual worlds. Learn more in: The Virtual Social Continuum Expressed: Interaction and Community Formation in MMORPGs

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A virtual world is a computer-based simulated environment. Learn more in: Virtual Reality in Medical Education

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A simulated space located on the web or on a local grid that provides a view of the simulator from the server’s perspective. The virtual world is comprised of parcels of land, regions, and 3D content that residents create within them. Learn more in: Cognitive Apprenticeship for Teaching Computer Science and Leadership in Virtual Worlds

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A computer-based simulated environment. Learn more in: Educational Contents and Creativity in Virtual Environments: ST.ART Project

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The environment in which a MMOG takes place. Learn more in: Social Psychology and Massively Multiplayer Online Learning Games

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A digital environment that allows users to engage with their virtual surroundings, various activities, and interact with other users. Learn more in: Get in the GROOVE: Using a Virtual World to Promote Health

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Computer-simulated environments inhabit by residents in which they interact with others, either themselves or graphic representations called avatar. Learn more in: Model for Effective Collaborative Learning in Virtual Worlds with Intelligent Agents

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Representation in an artificial system (e.g., a computer) of a part of reality. Learn more in: Towards Open-Source Virtual Worlds in Interdisciplinary Studies

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A complex computerized environment that resembles a real world, often a persistent environment where many people can interact and where their actions have lasting consequences. Learn more in: Ancestor Veneration Avatars

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A virtual world is a computer-mediated online environment combining either 2D or 3D graphics with the text-based or voice message-based communication system. This environment allows multiple avatars to interact with each other at the same time. Learn more in: Does Second Life Mark the Beginning of a New Era of Online Shopping?: Exploring the Avatar-Based Shopping Experience in Virtual Worlds

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A persistent, computer-simulated environment populated by many users. Learn more in: Affordances in Virtual World Learning Communities

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A virtual world often refers to an internet-based 3D or 2 ½ D environment where users can interact within the world or with other users through an avatar. Often virtual worlds are persistent environments where a large number of users can participate. Learn more in: Engaging Students in a Computer Diversity Course Through Virtual Worlds

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A persistent digital environment hosted online for participants to build, create, or interact across a computer network or grid. Learn more in: Information Literacy in Virtual Environments: Changing Needs of P-12 Learners

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A computer-generated simulation in which users are embodied as avatars with a sense of presence in a persistent, often user-created environment. Learn more in: Learning Environments: Physical Classrooms or Virtual Worlds

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A virtual world is a computer-simulated environment. A virtual world simulates the physical world or any imaginary scenarios and may include many users who can create a virtual identity (or a personal avatar) to represent themselves in the world and have real-time interactions with each other. Learn more in: Use of Virtual Worlds for Development of Social Interaction Skills of Children With Special Needs

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A virtual world is a Web-based 3D interactive environment much richer than the traditional Web and looks like a “place” -- a real place or a fanciful one. Most are designed to be created or populated by their users. Users are represented by their avatars, and avatars can navigate and move around the world and communicate with other avatars by text or by voice. A virtual world is also a platform for socializing and community-building. Some virtual worlds, like the real world, have their own functional economy -- a money market for in-world virtual goods and services. Thus, a virtual world, as its name implies, is a world of its own in cyberspace. Virtual worlds have emerged as an online 3D space for a wide range of activities, including gaming, social networking, education and training, marketing, e-business, and so on. Learn more in: Web X.0: A Road Map

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An online environment in which users act and interact with others as avatars. Learn more in: Learner-Centered Technology Integration

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A computer-simulated world where people inhabit as avatars. It could be two dimensional or three dimensional, and people can interact with each other via text or real-time voice communication. Learn more in: Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games as English as a Foreign Language Learning Environments

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It is a computer-based simulated environment where the users can interact via alter ego in the computer representation in real time with different devices, for example head mounted displays, and data gloves. Learn more in: Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality in Education: A Brief Overview

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Computer based simulation of real world where users can create a personal avatar which explore the virtual world, participate in its activities and communicate with other avatars. Learn more in: ICT Eases Inclusion in Education

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A computer-based simulated environment intended for its users to inhibit and interact via avatars. Learn more in: Impacts of Social Media on Today's Businesses

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Three dimensional (3D) artificial immersive spaces or places that simulate real-world spatial awareness in a virtually-rich persistent workflow. Learn more in: Conceptual Foundations for Interactive Programming Activities with the Conjunction of Scratch4OS and Open Sim