The JVWR, Volume 4, No. 1
Published: August 6, 2011
The editorial team for this issue includes:
Kathy Keeling, University of Manchester, UK
Nadia Papamichail, University of Manchester, UK
Debbie Keeling, University of Manchester, UK
Enchi (Katherine) Chang, University of Manchester, UK
This issue includes articles from the SLACTIONS 2010 Conference organized by Kathy Keeling and her colleagues at the University of Manchester.
The issue also marks the Journal’s move to a new website, it is a minor visual change, but major infrastructure change that will take us forward over the next couple of years.
Dr.Yesha Y. Sivan
Managing Editor
Journal of Virtual Worlds Research
Research Papers
Students’ Attitudes in a Virtual Environment (SecondLife)
Amal Alrayes, Alistair Sutcliffe
Procedural Modeling for Realistic Virtual Worlds Development
Pedro Brandão Silva, António Coelho
Ricardo Cruz, Ricardo Fernandes
Richard L Gilbert
Actual Self vs. Avatar Self: The Effect of Online Social Situation on Self-Expression
Yongjun Sung, Jang Ho Moon, mihyun Kang, Jhih-Syuan Lin
Puzzles as a Creative Form of Play in Metaverse
Cristiano Natal Tonéis
Research-in-brief papers
Self-Esteem in Second Life: An inWorld Group Intervention for Women with Disabilities
Margaret A. Nosek, Susan Robinson Whelen, Rosemary B. Hughes, Erin Porcher, Giselle Davidson, Thomas M. Nosek