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Virtual Worlds - Useful Resources

The following is a listing of articles, blog posts, resources and multimedia focussed on Virtual Worlds. For more info see also: SL Links and Multimedia and ReactionGrid Resources.

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Articles and Case Studies

BBC News: The US virtual economy is set to make billions, 29 December 2009: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8425623.stm
Business Week Online Extra - Virtual Worlds, Virtual Economies: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_18/b3982010.htm
EDUCAUSE Review Magazine - Virtual Worlds issue, Volume 43, Number 5, September/October 2008: http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/ERVolume432008/EDUCAUSEReviewMagazineVolume43/163160

Blogs and News Sites

3pointD.com - The Metaverse and 3D Web, as blogged by Mark Wallace and friends: http://www.3pointd.com/
Kzero Blog: http://www.kzero.co.uk/blog/
LanguageLab: http://www.languagelab.com/
Metaverse Health - Addiction, research, health in a virtual world: http://www.metaversehealth.com/
Virtual Worlds News: http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/

Community Sites

ARVEL SIG - Applied Research in Virtual Environments for Learning: http://arvelsig.ning.com/
Association of Virtual Worlds Ning: http://associationofvirtualworlds.ning.com/
Atlantis Seekers - A Sea of Inspiration and Joyful Learning: http://atlantisseekers.ning.com/
Australian Virtual World Collaboration Ning (Virtual Worlds for Australian research and education): http://ausvirtualworlds.ning.com/
IndieMetaverse Ning: http://indiemetaverse.ning.com/
Opensim Users Ning: http://opensim.ning.com/
RezEd Community (Powered by Global Kids): http://www.rezed.org/
Second Classroom Ning: http://secondclassroom.ning.com/
Stories Without Borders Ning: http://storieswithoutborders.ning.com/
Teen Second Classroom Ning: http://teensecondclassroom.ning.com/
Transworlders - Avatars Everywhere: http://transworlders.ning.com/

Resource Sites

Dipity - Virtual Worlds: http://www.dipity.com/xantherus/Virtual_Worlds
Metaverse Roadmap: http://www.metaverseroadmap.org
Open Habitat - Learning in Virtual worlds (JISC): http://magazine.openhabitat.org/
Virtual Worlds Almanac (Federation of American Scientists): http://vworld.fas.org/wiki/Main_Page
Virtual Worlds Review: http://www.virtualworldsreview.com

Journals

Journal of Virtual Worlds Research: http://jvwresearch.org/
The Journal of Virtual Worlds and Education: http://www.jvweducation.org/
The Journal of Virtual Reality and Broadcasting: http://www.jvrb.org/
Journal of Virtual Studies: http://www.urockcliffe.com/research/journal-of-virtual-studies/
The International Journal of Virtual Reality: http://www.ijvr.org/

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