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Identity construction environments
2001
Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems - CHI '01
We describe a five-month pilot project conducted in the dialysis unit at Boston's Children's Hospital. Pediatric patients with renal disease used the Zora graphical multi-user environment while facing hemodialysis. Zora is an identity construction environment specifically designed to help young people explore issues of identity, while engaging in a participatory virtual community. This paper presents the experience and evaluates the feasibility and safety of using Zora in a hospital setting. It
doi:10.1145/365024.365302
dblp:conf/chi/BersGD01
fatcat:bukstiquv5bqfejj3uzyyuxcnq