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2. Virtual world - Wikipedia

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   A virtual world (also called a virtual space) is a computer-simulated environment [1] which may be populated by many simultaneous users who can create a personal avatar [2] and independently explore the virtual world, participate in its activities, and communicate with others. [3][4] These avatars can be textual, [5] graphical representations ...

3. Libraries in virtual worlds - Wikipedia

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   Libraries in virtual worlds. Libraries in virtual worlds are part of an immersive 3D environment that can be used for entertainment and educational purposes. [1] Due to increasing interest in digital services, some libraries and librarians have established virtual services in Second Life and other virtual worlds. [2]

4. World map - Wikipedia

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   World map. A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of Earth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of projection. Maps rendered in two dimensions by necessity distort the display of the three-dimensional surface of the Earth. While this is true of any map, these distortions reach extremes in a world map.

5. Virtual globe - Wikipedia

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   A virtual globe is a three-dimensional (3D) software model or representation of Earth or another world. A virtual globe provides the user with the ability to freely move around in the virtual environment by changing the viewing angle and position. Compared to a conventional globe, virtual globes have the additional capability of representing ...

6. MiniMonos - Wikipedia

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   MiniMonos was a virtual world for children six and above. Players created a monkey avatar on MiniMonos, socialized with other monkeys, and played mini games. The game incorporated themes of environmentalism and encouraged "green" activities among its players, both online and offline. The game was popular with children around the world ...

7. Poptropica - Wikipedia

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   Mode (s) Single and multiplayer. Poptropica is an online role-playing game, developed in 2007 by Pearson Education 's Family Education Network, and targeted towards children aged 6 to 15. Poptropica is primarily the creation of Jeff Kinney, later known as the author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.

8. Virtuality (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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   Deleuze used the term virtual to refer to an aspect of reality that is ideal, but nonetheless real. An example of this is the meaning, or sense, of a proposition that is not a material aspect of that proposition (whether written or spoken) but is nonetheless an attribute of that proposition. [2] In Bergsonism, Deleuze writes that "virtual" is ...

9. Designing Virtual Worlds - Wikipedia

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   Designing Virtual Worlds is a book about the practice of virtual world development by Richard Bartle. It has been noted as an authoritative source regarding the history of world-based online games. [1] College courses have been taught using it. [2] [3] [4] [5]