Second Life, the Cyberarium

on the artificial? inte(g)ractive social environment

study on SL by Daniele Rome. Copenhagen university. jan 2007.



concl: It is certain the coming of synthetic worlds.. Governments, companies and people have to work to create a good membrane between these worlds for a future co-existance.




a peack:
Slide 62- "The Membrane can be considered a shield of sorts, protecting the synthetic world form the outside world. This membrane is actually quite porous…people are crossing it all the time in both directions..as a result, the valuation of things in cyberspace becomes enmeshed in the valuation of things outside cyberspace". Castronova