Sökning: "virtual world"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 140 avhandlingar innehållade orden virtual world.

1. 1. World Builders : A Study on the Development of a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game

   Författare :Peter Zackariasson; Anders Söderholm; Nils Wåhlin; Daniel Hjorth; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MMORGPG; development; video game; organizing; discourse; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a study of the development of a video game called Anarchy Online. This game was developed by the Funcom company between 1995 and 2001, and is a so-called Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG). LÄS MER

3. 2. Virtual worlds and social interaction design

   Författare :Mikael Jakobsson; Erik Stolterman; Ralph Schroeder; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Interaction design; virtual worlds; massively multiplayer online games; internet studies; computer mediated communication; virtual reality; virtual ethnography; human-computer interaction; interacture; social interaction design; Informatics; Informatik;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a study of social interaction in virtual worlds and virtual world design. A virtual world is a synchronous, multi-user system that offers a persistent spatial environment for iconically represented participants. Together, these form an example of social interaction design. LÄS MER

4. 3. Den allvarsamma leken : Om World of Warcraft och läckaget

   Författare :Peder Stenberg; Alf Arvidsson; Billy Ehn; Charlotte Hagström; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Internet; online role-playing games; World of Warcraft; gender; virtual; bodies; computer; participatory play; game; gamestudies; ethnography; online; community; work; forum; role-playing; identity; fan fiction; user; intellectual property; production; user created content; Ethnology; Etnologi; Ethnology; etnologi;

   Sammanfattning : Through more than five years of extensive, participatory research the writer became a fully integrated member of the World of Warcraft community he set out to study. By actually living the grounded practices that constitute the everyday life he concludes that the mundane, often repetitive practice has very little to do with the cyber-utopian claim that one can flee the body and become who they want on the Internet. LÄS MER

5. 4. Reading the world through virtual exchange : critical interculturality and glocal awareness in English teacher education

   Författare :Malin Reljanovic Glimäng; Björn Sundmark; Breffni O'Rourke; Malmö universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Virtual exchange; interculturality; global citizenship education; glocal awareness; teacher education; English; action research; Sustainable studies; Hållbarhetsstudier;

   Sammanfattning : Virtual exchange (VE) is a pedagogical approach that connects learners across borders and cultures through online communication technologies. Taking a point of departure in critical social constructivism, this thesis contributes to the VE research field by presenting a collection of studies that explore the intersections of critical interculturality, global citizenship education, and online exchange in English teacher education. LÄS MER

7. 5. Distributed Technology-Sustained Pervasive Applications

   Författare :Kim J.L. Nevelsteen; Theo Kanter; Rahim Rahmani; Kåre Synnes; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; pervasive; games; engine; distributed; virtual; world; internet of things; Computer and Systems Sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : Technology-sustained pervasive games, contrary to technology-supported pervasive games, can be understood as computer games interfacing with the physical world. Pervasive games are known to make use of ‘non-standard input devices’ and with the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT), pervasive applications can be expected to move beyond games. LÄS MER