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Physical interactions between particles are the result of the exchange ofgauge bosons. Human interactions are mediated by the exchange of messages,goods, money, promises, hostilities, etc. While in the physical worldinteractions and their associated forces have immediate dynamical consequences(Newton's law) the situation is not clear for human interactions. Here we studythe acceleration between humans who interact through the exchange of messages,goods and hostilities in a massive multiplayer online game. For this game wehave complete information about all interactions (exchange events) betweenabout 1/2 million players, and about their trajectories (positions) in a metricspace of the game universe at any point in time. We derive the interactionpotentials for communication, trade and attacks and show that they are harmonicin nature. Individuals who exchange messages and trade goods generally attracteach other and start to separate immediately after exchange events stop. Theinteraction potential for attacks mirrors the usual "hit-and-run" tactics ofaggressive players. By measuring interaction intensities as a function ofdistance, velocity and acceleration, we show that "forces" between players aredirectly related to the number of exchange events. The power-law of thelikelihood for interactions vs. distance is in accordance with previous realworld empirical work. We show that the obtained potentials can be understoodwith a simple model assuming an exchange-driven force in combination with adistance dependent exchange rate.

Physical forces between humans and how humans attract and repel each other based on their social interactions in an online world