Journal of Virtual Worlds Research

The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research is an online, open access academic journal that adheres to the highest standards of peer review and engages established and emerging scholars from anywhere in the world. The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research is a transdisciplinary journal that engages a wide spectrum of scholarship and welcomes contributions from the many disciplines and approaches that intersect virtual worlds research.

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Volume 1, Number 3
Theme: Culture of Virtual Worlds
Guest Editors:
Mark Bell, Indiana University, USA
Mia Consalvo, Ohio University, USA
To be Published: January 2009


Volume 2, Number 1
Theme: Pedagogy, Education and Innovation in 3-D Virtual Worlds
Guest Editors:
Leslie Jarmon, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Kenneth Y. T. Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
B. Stephen Carpenter, II, Texas A&M University, USA
To be Published: March 2009


Volume 2, Number 2
Theme: 3D Virtual Worlds for Health and Healthcare
Guest Editors:
Susan Toth-Cohen, Thomas Jefferson University, USA
Simon Bignell, University of Derby, UK
Maged N. Kamel Boulos, University of Plymouth, UK
Deadline for Abstracts: 20 January 2009
To be Published: May 2009
Call For Papers


Volume 2, Number 3
Theme: Virtual Worlds: Technology, Economy, and Standards
Guest Editors:
Yesha Sivan, Metaverse Laboratories & Shenkar College, Israel
J.H.A. (Jean) Gelissen, Philips Research
Deadline for Abstracts: 20 March 2009
To be Published: September 2009
Call For Papers


Volume 2, Number 4
Theme: Virtual Economies, Virtual Goods and Service Delivery in Virtual Worlds
Guest Editors:
Mandy Salomon, Smart Services CRC, Australia
Serge Soudoplatoff, ESCP-EAP / Hetic, France
Deadline for Abstracts: 15 June 2009
To be Published: November 2009
Call For Papers

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Real Virtual Worlds SOS (State of Standards) Q3-2008

Yesha Sivan

Abstract

This is a brief essay, we call "think-pieces", designed to stimulate a discussion on a particular topic. For this series of essays we propose the following question:

"Consumer behavior in virtual worlds, is it really any different to the real world, or is it simply a case of 'old wine in a new bottle'?"

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