期刊名称：Communications of the Association for Information Systems
印刷版ISSN：1529-3181
出版年度：2008
卷号：22
期号：1
页码：20
出版社：Association for Information Systems
摘要：Virtual worlds like Second Life are becoming important tools for, among other activities, socialization, social networking, entertainment, collaboration, and business development. These environments offer information systems researchers a unique opportunity to study how these environments are built and managed by operators, how they are used and misused by users, and the impact that they have on users, communities, organizations, and societies at large. This paper summarizes the discussion of this topic that was presented at the ICIS 2007 panel entitled “Second Life and other Virtual Worlds: A Roadmap for Research.” The paper provides an introduction to this topic and offers a roadmap for research on virtual worlds based on insights offered by several academics and practitioners who are actively involved in building, managing, and using virtual worlds.
关键词：virtual worlds; synthetic worlds; multi-user virtual environments; online games; virtual reality; human computer interaction; Second Life; research frameworks
