Report from Emory Virtual Worlds Conference: Live Report
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Virtual Worlds Evolving is the first topic at Emory University where academics, policy-makers and in-world developers have opened up a discussion of the future of virtual worlds towards "engaging scholars in a strong and vital community to confront the human condition and experience and explore...frontiers...specifically involving virtual world phenomena."
The first panel was asked to look at the 'trajectory' of virtual worlds - Edward Castranova of Indiana, Michael Rowe of IBM, John Clippinger of Harvard, Gregg Kaminsky a student at Emory who also has a significant business in Second Life, and Rhonda Lowry of CNN shared their thoughts with Benn Konsynski ...