Open AccessInterconnecting virtual worlds
Author(s) -
Leonel Morgado
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of virtual worlds research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1941-8477
DOI - 10.4101/jvwr.v1i3.469
Subject(s) - metaverse , argument (complex analysis) , the internet , virtual world , computer science , set (abstract data type) , reflection (computer programming) , world wide web , interconnection , human–computer interaction , virtual reality , telecommunications , programming language , biochemistry , chemistry
The argument is put forward that current virtual worlds find themselves in a situation akin to that of BBS systems in the 1980s and 1990s vis-à-vis the Internet. A reflection from the technical viewpoint on the similarities between Web browsing and virtual world navigation is made, and to conclude a set of requirements for interconnection of virtual worlds and what that may achieve are made.