This paper examines the idea of combining Live Action Role-Playing (LARP) and MMORPG into a hybrid game named Takkar. We developed three versions of Takkar in an iterative fashion...
In recent years, large scale distributed virtual environments have become a major trend in distributed applications, mainly due to the enormous popularity of multiplayer online ga...
We propose the design of Plug, an application to find and keep contacts with friends within many inter-connected 3D virtual worlds. Users use an instant messenger (IM)-like inter...
In this essay, I examine differences between individual and social play and, in particular, the differences between individual and social play within digital media forms designed ...
This paper introduces the concept and discusses the implications of immersive journalism, which is the production of news in a form in which people can gain firstperson experience...