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Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Concept of 'personal space' survives in virtual reality
Nature reports:
Psychologists find real-world social rules mirrored in 'Second Life' interactions.
"According to a study of social interactions in one online world, some quirks of how people interact in the real world have survived the digital transition.
While that may put a dampener on visions of online liberation, it's good news for social scientists. They say that, if social rules map over into artificial realities, virtual worlds will offer a new platform for doing experiments."
Psychologists find real-world social rules mirrored in 'Second Life' interactions.
"According to a study of social interactions in one online world, some quirks of how people interact in the real world have survived the digital transition.
While that may put a dampener on visions of online liberation, it's good news for social scientists. They say that, if social rules map over into artificial realities, virtual worlds will offer a new platform for doing experiments."
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