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	Virtual world - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A virtual world is a computer-simulated environment intended for its users to inhabit and interact via avatars.
		Within these educational virtual worlds, students will use their avatar to learn about new assignments and to create projects that are viewable within the virtual world.
		The most well known example of a virtual world in fiction is, of course, The Matrix, a virtual reality so realistic that the great majority of those humans plugged in cannot tell the difference.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Virtual_world (633 words)

	Virtual reality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Most virtual reality environments are primarily visual experiences, displayed either on a computer screen or through special stereoscopic displays, but some simulations include additional sensory information, such as sound through speakers or headphones.
		The design of virtual environments may be used to extend basic human rights into virtual space, to promote human freedom and well-being, and to promote social stablity as we move from one stage in socio-political development to the next.
		One difference from current virtual reality technology, however, was that replicators and transporters were used to actually create and place objects in the holodeck, rather than relying solely on the illusion of physical objects, as is done today.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Virtual_reality (2269 words)

	Virtual world: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Second life is an open-ended virtual world created by san francisco-based linden lab....
		In computer and video games, a level (sometimes called a stage, course, round, world, map or landscape) is a separate area in...
		(students taking a computer manufacturing class can log into a virtual world in which they are the inhabitants of a burgeoning village that needs their expertise for the construction of houses, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/v/vi/virtual_world.htm (1252 words)

	Terra Nova: A virtual world by any other name?
		A 'world' by my reckoning should be a shared space where any one user can effect change or progress according to the rules of the world, and those changes are not subject to the approval of any other particular user, census of users, or superuser (storyteller/imm/GM).
		A virtual world is a spatially based depiction of a persistent virtual environment, which can be experienced by numerous participants at once, who are represented within the space by avatars.
		This excludes Diablo, which does not have a persistent virtual spaces (it has persistent virtual characters, and it has persistent virtual environments that are not followuing a spatial metaphor, but the "center" of the experience is a lobby that is not spatially depicted; all the spatial metaphor areas are instanced).
	terranova.blogs.com /terra_nova/2004/06/a_virtual_world.html (10585 words)

	WWW Virtual Library: Museums around the world
		Virtual Museum of the "Cultural Revolution" and China '89.
		An interesting example where a virtual exhibition is the only way to allow instantaneous worldwide general public access without risk of damage.
		Virtual museum of the Dutch painter Jan Adam Zandleven (1868-1923).
	icom.museum /vlmp/world.html (1076 words)

	Virtual World Entertainment., LLC
		On December 16, 2005, Virtual World Entertainment, maker of the critically acclaimed Tesla II Battletech: Firestorm attraction, was acquired by MechJock.Com founder and entertainment industry insider, Nickolas 'PropWash' Smith.
		Virtual World has produced and distributed cockpits since 1989 and boasts a U.S. player base over 500,000 strong and growing.
		Virtual World Entertainment, LLC is a privately held company.
	www.virtualworld.com (3261 words)

	VIRTUAL WORLD CAFE
		The Virtual World Cafe is a unique cultural experience celebrating the arts and our patrons while providing quality food in a European cafe atmosphere.
		The Virtual World Cafe in Agoura Hills, CA offers gourmet coffee, customized beverages, and large selection of exquisite desserts served by a helpful knowledgeable staff.
		Virtual World Cafe also offers live music, an open mic night, art openings and FREE WiFi.The Virtual World Cafe is located at 5653 Kanan Road (next to Vons), Agoura Hills, California.
	www.virtualworldcafe.com (982 words)

	Virtual World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sample V-World world files (extension.vw) and one sample V-World agent file (bumble.agt) can be loaded and tested in the stand-alone version of V-World.
		New world files and agent files can also be written with a text editor and then loaded into the stand-alone version of V-World.
		A world consists of one or more screens where each screen is divided into distinct cells.
	donald.nute.ws /vworld (2154 words)

	A shared virtual world: the Virtual European Statistical Laboratory
		When they are ‘liberated’ by the technology, their avatars can move and live in VRML virtual worlds in 3 dimensions, which are shown as 2-dimensional perspectives on standard computer screens; they can meet other avatars and, in a more advanced stage, interact with objects.
		This world, a modelled Paris in 3D, was born in April 1997.
		Being virtual, it is not located anywhere in particular in the real world, nor anywhere in particular in the virtual world of the Web; it indeed appears to be located on no particular server, but is accessible on a number of them, although it is
	www.geocities.com /christian.guittet/papers/online_information_98 (4961 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Technology \| Deadly plague hits Warcraft world
		As players explore the world, the characters they control become more powerful as they complete quests, kill monsters and find magical items and artefacts that boost abilities.
		The spread of the disease could have been limited by the fact that Hakkar is difficult to kill, so some realms may not yet have got round to killing him and unleashing his parting shot.
		Luckily the death of a character in World of Warcraft is not final so all those killed were soon resurrected.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/technology/4272418.stm (659 words)

	Masters of the virtual world (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Virtual work programs cut costs (especially in office real estate), improve the bottom line, help attract and retain topflight staff, enhance productivity and improve overall competitiveness, they add.
		As many as 17,000 of Sun's 33,000 employees work virtually in some capacity, and because any employee can work on any Sun Ray, cubicles at headquarters and other sites are virtual, as well, divvied up on a first-come, first-served basis.
		As many as 90% of the company's managers work virtually in some capacity, with 30% of that total working full time from a virtual office, 40% splitting their time between work and home, and another 20% telecommuting only once or twice per year.
	www.networkworld.com /nw200/2005/042505virtualvendors.html (2564 words)

	ScienceDaily: Immersion In Virtual World Alleviates Pain From Injury
		Virtual reality games can help alleviate pain in children being treated for severe injuries, according to research published today in the Open Access, peer reviewed journal BMC Pediatrics.
		Immersion in a virtual world of monsters and aliens helps children feel less pain during the treatment of severe injuries such as burns, according to a preliminary study by Karen Grimmer and colleagues from the Women's and Children's Hospital in Adelaide, Australia.
		Virtual Reality Therapy May Ease Fear Of Public Speaking (May 19, 2005) -- For many people, the mere thought of public speaking makes their palms sweat, heart race and stomach reel.
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2005/03/050309120803.htm (1863 words)

	History \| The WWW Virtual Library
		This Virtual Library, also known as Anthropology Resources on the Internet (ARI), is a part of the WWW Virtual Library History network.
		The Labour History section of the WWW Virtual Library, part of the WWW VL History Network, is maintained by the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, since October 1996.
		The main purposes of this virtual library are to list women's history institutions and organizations, locate archival and library collections, and provide links to Internet resources on women's history.
	vlib.org /History (719 words)

	A World of Prevention: Test Your Prevention IQ
		Welcome to a constantly changing virtual world, designed as an educational game to teach life-saving lessons to future parents.
		This virtual prevention game is believed to be the first of its kind, and represents an exciting new development in online education.
		This virtual learning experience in home safety is presented by the Texas Youth Commission in a real-time, 3D virtual reality format, which requires a free browser plug-in.
	www.tyc.state.tx.us /prevention/virtual.html (163 words)

	The WWW Virtual Library
		These pages are produced automatically from a topic map of the Virtual Library.
		These pages and the database © WWW Virtual Library 1991-latest update.
		The WWW Virtual Library (‘The VL’) is an association sans but lucratif established in the Republic and Canton of Geneva.
	vlib.org (54 words)

	Rheingold's Brainstorms: Virtual Worlds Linklist
		Sci.Virtual- Worlds Meta-FAQ is the place to start if you just got interested in VR and want to know a whole lot more.
		CTD MOO is a virtual community for the Center for Talent Development.
		The Spring is a young virtual community flesh-based in Austin, Texas.
	www.well.com /user/hlr/vircom (1181 words)

	World Civilization to 1550 C.E.
		Virtual Tour of Battle Abbey and the battlefield of the Battle of Hastings
		Vess's Virtual Tour of Mellifont Abbey in Ireland This abbey is interesting for the conflict between the Anglo-Normans and Irish that occurred there.
		Virtual tour of St. Augustine's Peter and Paul church, later known as St. Augustine's Abbey
	www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu /~dvess/hist110.htm (301 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Technology \| US military creates second Earth
		The software Earth is being created for the US Army by gaming company There, which is currently working on a virtual world for gamers.
		Mr Gehorsam said the world being created will not be a game but instead will be a "massively multi-user persistent environment" that will model real world physics as closely as possible.
		However, currently the virtual Earth is almost bare as the only thing modelled in any detail is part of Kuwait City.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/technology/3507531.stm (383 words)

	Religion refdesk.com
		Muslims - This is the companion Web site for the PBS-Frontline program 'Muslims.' Muslims account for one-fifth of the world's population, but most Americans know little about their faith, Islam, which continues to be one of the fastest growing religions in the United States and around the world.
		World's Longest Walk - Arthur Blessitt has carried on foot a 12 ft. cross for Jesus around the world since 1969.
		World Prayers - "Gathering the great prayer classics from spiritual traditions around the world into a common archive for the purpose of inspiration, study and cross-cultural appreciation."
	www.refdesk.com /factrel.html (1394 words)

	The Virtual Webmaster: World Centre, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Since 1995, World Centre, Inc. has been helping companies all over the United States increase their market share and improve profitability by using the power of the internet.
		Whether your business is selling a product or providing a service, there may be ways to integrate the internet with your current systems for marketing and customer service.
		By way of introduction, The Virtual Webmaster will meet with you for a complimentary 30 minute session to explore and explain how you might benefit from our experience.
	www.worldcentre.com (309 words)

	New World Notes: A LEVER TO MOVE THE MIND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Virtual Hallucinations building arrived on Sedig's southern shoreline a few days ago (coordinates: 45, 25), but I had a chance to visit the place in August, when the building resided on a private island owned by the medical research arm of a California university.
		Virtual Hallucinations appears to be quite an interesting and eerie project.
		It's a virtual asylum in Second Life, in which the environment recreates the visual and aural hallucinations associated with a schizophrenic attack.
	secondlife.blogs.com /nwn/2004/09/in_the_minds_ey.html (5764 words)

	Second Life \| What is Second Life? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents.
		From the moment you enter the World you’ll discover a vast digital continent, teeming with people, entertainment, experiences and opportunity.
		This commerce is handled with the in-world currency, the Linden dollar, which can be converted to US dollars at several thriving online currency exchanges.
	secondlife.com /whatis (140 words)

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		Players of Blizzard's incredibly popular World of Warcraft are reporting the outbreak of a virtual plague that is spreading across major cities in the virtual land of Azeroth, infecting player characters at an alarming rate.
		The infection soon spread into many of the cities and towns in the virtual world.
		It would be even more interesting if epidemiologists in the real world found that this event was worthy of studying as a kind of controlled experiment in disease propagation.
	arstechnica.com /news.ars/post/20050921-5337.html (504 words)

	Fuzzy Virtual Worlds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It can guide actors in a virtual world as the actors move through a web of cause and effect and react to events and to other actors.
		In complex FCMs the user can choose the dynamical structure of the virtual world from a spectrum that ranges from mildly to wildly nonlinear.
		We use an adaptive FCM to model an undersea virtual world of dolphins, fish, and sharks.
	vulcan.ee.iastate.edu /~dickerson/fcmdesc.html (316 words)

	Developmental Biology Tutorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		All traffic to The Virtual Embryo has been redirected to its new home.
		This tutorial is designed to supplement developmental biology lectures by introducing you to the dynamics of embryonic development.
		It is but one of the resources that you will use to learn about one of the most incredible processes in the living world: embryonic development.
	www.ucalgary.ca /UofC/eduweb/virtualembryo/db_tutorial.html (70 words)

	Home of the 3D Internet, Virtual Reality and Community Chat
		Active Worlds, the web's most powerful Virtual Reality experience, lets you visit and chat in incredible 3D worlds that are built by other users.
		Active Worlds is the place for you, where in minutes you can create fascinating 3D worlds that others can visit and chat in.
		The Active Worlds Universe is a community of hundreds of thousands of users that chat and build 3D virtual reality environments in millions of square kilometers of virtual territory.
	www.activeworlds.com (228 words)

	The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Indigenous Studies CWIS George Manuel Library
		The Center For World Indigenous Studies (CWIS) and the Chief George Manuel Library are pleased to support and contribute to the development and maintenance of the World Wide Web Virtual Library.
		Center for World Indigenous Studies - The Center fosters better understanding between peoples through the publication and distribution of literature written and voiced by leading contributors from Fourth World Nations.
		UNPO is an international organization created by nations and peoples around the world, who are not represented as such in the world's principal international organizations, such as the United Nations.
	www.cwis.org /wwwvl/indig-vl.html (1453 words)

	Technorati Tag: virtual world (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Virtual World Hi-res views of cities around the world - download Google Earth for free.
		Linden Labs, operators of the popular virtual environment Second Life, had their servers go down over the weekend in an unusual kind of denial of...
		Posts tagged Virtual World per day for the last 30 days.
	technorati.com /tag/virtual+world (495 words)

	Wired News: Commerce Drives Virtual World
		Valentine is a regular user of the auction feature in There Inc. 's online virtual world, or "metaverse." The feature helps thousands of There members move all manner of virtual goods they've created and is a prime driver in the development of a new and exploding economy.
		In There, which is in public beta after years in stealth mode, members participate in a social 3-D world with the goal of meeting others, dressing stylishly, setting fashions and riding around in gravity-defying vehicles.
		They take part in a wide variety of activities, many of which would be popular in the real world if not for the limits of physics.
	www.wired.com /news/games/0,2101,59941,00.html (722 words)

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