Open AccessAlexandria - A Virtual Repository of Knowledge
Author(s) -
Joseph Michael Graham,
Eva Comaroski
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of virtual worlds research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1941-8477
DOI - 10.4101/jvwr.v8i1.7085
Subject(s) - sandbox (software development) , scripting language , computer science , world wide web , synchronization (alternating current) , multimedia , avatar , metaverse , recreation , software , complement (music) , human–computer interaction , virtual reality , software engineering , operating system , computer network , channel (broadcasting) , political science , law , biochemistry , chemistry , complementation , gene , phenotype
Virtual worlds are development platforms, similar to sandbox games where users are able to interact with each other with no predefined goal. Due to immersive visual feedback, these platforms have been successfully used in the past to create lesson plans and materials used for undergraduate and, graduate education as well as for and recreation. To complement that effort, we have built a virtual library that would conveniently offer reference materials to support learning activities. We present Alexandria, an Linden-based virtual library that uses synchronization techniques based on the OpenSim Scripting Language and server-side file-synchronization software in order to allow the stashing and dissemination of educational and recreational material within Virtual Worlds.