Learning Support and Legally Ruled Collaboration in the VirtualLife Virtual World Platform [chapter]

Vytautas Čyras, Kristina Lapin
2010 Lecture Notes in Computer Science  
The paper addresses the purposes and design decisions produced while developing a peer-to-peer virtual world platform. The work is being done within the FP7 VirtualLife project. The purpose of the project is to create a safe, democratic and legally ruled collaboration environment. The novelty of the platform is mainly in the issues of security and trust and in the implementation of an in-world legal framework, which is real world compliant. In the paper the authors reflect on user needs and
more » ... ning support in a university virtual campus, a potential scenario. The opportunities of a virtual world in enhancing learning are discussed. A new paradigm of the content is characterized as interaction versus information. Keywords: intelligent virtual world, e-learning support, reputation management, value based interaction, virtual law. * Supported by EU FP7 ICT VirtualLife project, 2008-2010
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-12082-4_7 fatcat:uhhov4kro5cdnjwyefmjusq23u