MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02210cam a2200337 a 4500
001 2007028684
003 DLC
005 20090828083822.0
008 070712s2008 nyu 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007028684
015 $aGBA792490$2bnb
016 7 $a014341222$2Uk
020 $a9780061353208
020 $a0061353205
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn155715254
035 $a(OCoLC)155715254
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dBTCTA$dBAKER$dYDXCP$dUKM$dJED$dDLC
050 00 $aGV1469.25.S425$bA9 2008
082 00 $a794.8$222
100 1 $aAu, Wagner James.
245 14 $aThe making of Second Life :$bnotes from the new world /$cWagner James Au.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bCollins,$cc2008.
300 $axxii, 274 p. ;$c24 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : old world to new world : a brief history of the metaverse -- Touching knowledge : from virtual reality to real company -- Imagining the Net in 3-D : shunting the datastream into rivers and sky -- The engines of creation : the alchemy of user-created content -- The unwisdom of crowds : object lessons in online-world social engineering -- Self-made mankind : identity and role-playing with the digital generation -- Making love : romance and desire, digitized for your protection -- Building walls, defending territory : border disputes and culture clashing in war's shadow -- Burning down the house : democracy as a business model -- Avatar as entrepreneur : from content creator to revenue generator -- Investing in utopia : a rough explorer's guidefor corporations and organizations in the metaverse -- Law is code : crime and punishment in the Net's 3-D future -- Building a better world : research, education, and activism in an online world -- Convergence : an internet-to-online world road map for the next decade.
650 0 $aSecond Life (Game)
650 0 $aShared virtual environments.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0722/2007028684.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0911/2007028684-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0911/2007028684-d.html