Category: virtual worlds

Do Interactive Experiences Aid Employee Recruitment?

Many modern organizations try to compete for top talent by adding fancy, interactive experiences to their recruitment process – think of something like a virtual tour.  Such interactive experiences are expensive, but their creators hope...

Learn About Our University Library Through Minecraft

So as you might have picked up by now, I’m part of the faculty at Old Dominion University.  Imagine my surprise to discover that Matt Jabaily, Education Reference Librarian, is running a multiplayer Minecraft...

Understanding Presence in Virtual Worlds

In a recent issue of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, Beck et al. ((Beck, D., Fishwick, P., Kamhawi, R., Coffey, A. J., & Henderson, J. (2011). Synthesizing presence: A multidisciplinary review of the...