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On a university’s future use of virtual worlds

Hypothetical situation: You fire up your web browser and surf over to Google. You’re looking for information about the University of Colorado and may even attend in the coming year. Pulling up CU’s site you select the option to visit their virtual campus and fire up the standard Second Life plugin. […]

On the necessity of divorce proceedings

Hypothetical situation: You come home after a hard day of work to find your deadbeat husband glued to the couch doing a grand total of zero. He hasn’t done a thing to help you, the house, or or relationship for as long as you can remember. Fed up with the situation and realizing […]

On proof of identity in virtual worlds

Hypothetical Situation: You visit PayPal’s virtual office and visit with a friendly bank teller who helps you with the day’s financial issue. You are at ease, you’ve talked with this particular avatar many times before and feel safe in the farmilliar and comfortable virtual surroundings. After verifying your identity she fixes your problem […]

On the importance of virtual privacy

Hypothetical situation: I walk down a market street on a weekend shopping excursion. Without my knowledge, my geographical position is being monitored and recorded every few seconds. Business owners, or for that matter anyone willing to pay can reconstruct my shopping trip to determine which products I’m most likely to buy on my next visit […]

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