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Virtual Trolling On Political Debate Of 2018 Brazilian Presidential Election: Which “wing” can be blamed? 2018年巴西总统选举政治辩论中的虚拟喷子:哪个“派别”应该受到指责?

The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Pub Date : 2019-12-24 DOI: 10.4101/jvwr.v13i1.7402

Bruno Conrado Demartini Antunes, Alexandre Cappellozza

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Virtuality and Offense in a Crime Scene of Technology 技术犯罪现场中的虚拟与犯罪

The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Pub Date : 2019-12-24 DOI: 10.4101/jvwr.v13i1.7405

Noah McClain

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Augmented Reality Plant & Animal Cells: Design and Evaluation of an Educational Augmented Reality Application 增强现实植物和动物细胞:一个教育增强现实应用的设计和评估

The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Pub Date : 2019-12-15 DOI: 10.4101/jvwr.v12i3.7382

M. Kouzi, O. Bani-Taha, Victoria McArthur

引用次数: 4

The Proto-Governance of Minecraft Servers Minecraft服务器的原始治理

The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Pub Date : 2019-12-13 DOI: 10.4101/jvwr.v12i3.7365

Louis Rolfes, K. Passig

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引用次数: 3

User Characteristics, Trait vs. State Immersion, and Presence in a First-Person Virtual World 第一人称虚拟世界中的用户特征、特征与状态沉浸和存在感

The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Pub Date : 2019-12-13 DOI: 10.4101/jvwr.v12i3.7366

Lynna J. Ausburn, J. Martens, C. Baukal, Ina Agnew, Robert F. Dionne, Floyd B. Ausburn

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引用次数: 4

Extending the self: Player-avatar relations and presence among U.S. and Chinese gamers 扩展自我:美国和中国玩家与角色的关系和存在感

The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Pub Date : 2019-12-13 DOI: 10.4101/jvwr.v12i3.7395

Zhenyang Luo, D. Westerman, J. Banks

引用次数: 0

GaeltechVR: Measuring the Impact of an Immersive Virtual Environment to Promote Situated Identity in Irish Language Learning GaeltechVR:衡量沉浸式虚拟环境对促进爱尔兰语言学习的影响

The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Pub Date : 2019-12-13 DOI: 10.4101/jvwr.v12i3.7356

Naoise Collins, Brian Vaughan, C. Cullen, Keith Gardner

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引用次数: 4

Editorial Assembled 2019 编辑汇编2019

The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Pub Date : 2019-12-13 DOI: 10.4101/jvwr.v12i3.7406

Angie M. Cox, F. Nunes, M. Feng, Jason Coley

引用次数: 0

One Game – One Effect? What Playing “World of Warcraft” Means for Adolescents and Their Development 一款游戏产生一种效果?玩“魔兽世界”对青少年的意义及其发展

The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Pub Date : 2018-04-11 DOI: 10.4101/JVWR.V11I1.7305

Florian Flueggen, Stephanie Doyle, Hermann Veith

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引用次数: 2

Using 3D Worlds in Prison: Driving, Learning and Escape 在监狱中使用3D世界:驾驶，学习和逃跑

The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Pub Date : 2018-04-11 DOI: 10.4101/JVWR.V11I1.7304

H. Farley

引用次数: 8