Living Digitally: Embodiment in Virtual Worlds
Computer supported cooperative workPublished 1 January 2002
T. L. Taylor
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In effect, I suppose I was unknowingly using my second reality as a social experiment and it has become very much a learning experience for me.
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In effect, I suppose I was unknowingly using my second reality as a social experiment and it has become very much a learning experience for me. Meg, virtual world user.
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