Virtual Research
Recap: Nick Yee Visits Metanomics
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Last Monday, March 17rd, 2008, Robert Bloomfield and Metanomics hosted Dr. Nick Yee, who applies his Communication Ph.D. from Stanford to conduct experimental research on social interaction and self-representation in immersive virtual environments at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC).
Broadcasting live on SLCN.tv from CMP's 4-sim Amphitheatre as part of Life 2.0 Conference, Dr. Yee discussed his research in detail.
ROBERT BLOOMFIELD: The way I see it we can organize your work into three different categories. There are the studies of how virtual environments affect the way we perceive ourselves and others; there's the demographic work on who participates in games and why; and then there's the work on social interactions in virtual worlds and, particularly, your research on guilds in World of Warcraft.
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