[Air-l] Avatar interactions in virtual spaces: just mechanics?

[Sarah Brooke Robbins]

Some of you may have read this article. I'm very curious about the findings
here. I've always held that conventions and social mores in virtual
environments are more dependant on the mechanics of the environment (what's
possible dictates what is done). It also seems the user skill wasn't really
taken into account. If I don't know how to perform that actions required to
display social interaction with another avatar does that mean I'm not
interacting?


In case you missed it:

Title: Concept of 'personal space' survives in virtual
reality

Sub: Psychologists find real-world social rules
mirrored in 'Second Life' interactions.

By Jim Giles

(Published 11-SEPT-06)

http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060911/full/060911-3.html<https://webmail.bsu.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060911/full/060911-3.html>
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