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Using a Multi-User Virtual Environment to Conduct Veterinary Disaster Preparedness Training

open access: yesVirtual Worlds
Natural and human-made disasters can severely impact communities and can result in high numbers of human injuries and deaths. Animals, both companion and livestock, are often injured as a result of these disasters and require veterinary care ...
Kyle Johnson   +2 more
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Social Norms in Virtual Worlds of Computer Games [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Immersing in the virtual world of the Internet, information and communication technologies are changing the human being. In spite of the apparent similarity of on-line and off-line, social laws of their existence are different.
Bylieva, Daria, Nam, Tatiana
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Effect of Cognitive Distractors on Neonatal Endotracheal Intubation Performance: Insights from a Dual-Task Simulator

open access: yesVirtual Worlds
Neonatal endotracheal intubation (ETI) is a complex medical procedure that demands extensive training before practicing on real patients. Clinical studies indicate that the conventional training approach, typically conducted in idealized conditions with ...
Yan Meng   +7 more
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Theory of the Avatar [PDF]

open access: yes
The internet has given birth to an expanding number of shared virtual reality spaces, with a collective population well into the millions. These virtual worlds exhibit most of the traits we associate with the Earth world: economic transactions ...
Edward Castronova
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3D avatar seller's effect on online consumer's purchasing behavior: a trust transference perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The emerging 3D virtual worlds attract more and more people to participate in the virtual environment, creating a new market for business to sell their products. In 3D virtual worlds, members mainly interact with each other through avatars.
Lee, Kun-Chang   +2 more
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The Use of Different Technologies to Provide a Virtual Grocery Store Tour for Nutrition Education

open access: yesVirtual Worlds
Dietitian-led grocery store tours (GSTs) educate consumers about nutrition. Virtual GSTs could increase access to nutrition education. A feasibility study was conducted to determine participant acceptability and their physiological responses to a virtual
Shelley Woodall   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Creation of virtual worlds from 3D models retrieved from content aware networks based on sketch and image queries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The recent emergence of user generated content requires new content creation tools that will be both easy to learn and easy to use. These new tools should enable the user to construct new high-quality content with minimum effort; it is essential to allow
Daras, Petros   +5 more
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[Knowledge Management in Virtual Worlds: Knowledge Generation in Virtual Reality Environments]. [PDF]

open access: yesHMD Prax Wirtsch Inform, 2022
Schenk J, Kurik J, Gelberg J, Lischka A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Self-Directed Learning and Consensus Decision-Making in the Co-Creation of Virtual Worlds Promoting Student Mental Health Through Mobile Technology Use: A Scoping Review

open access: yesVirtual Worlds
Mobile technology advancements have led to cellphone bans in some school jurisdictions. The basis of these bans is judging their utilization by students as unhealthy, antisocial, and educationally controversial.
Carol Nash
doaj   +1 more source

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