Playing in a Virtual World: Exploration and Aspects of Play

My research is concerned with ‘explorable virtual worlds’, usually those that are ‘artworks’, dealing with aesthetic and affective domains. Whilst developing theoretical enquiries I have come across a number of issues of terminology and word use. Particularly problematic are terms such as ‘game’, ‘games’, and ‘play’. This paper is a broad survey of some of those issues and key theorists in the field.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: ICAT
• Authors: Alison Gazzard
• Keywords: Affective Domains, Artificial Intelligence, ICAT 2007, Theoretical Enquiries, ‘explorable Virtual Worlds