{"id":2168,"date":"2015-11-06T10:16:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T09:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/?p=2168"},"modified":"2015-11-06T10:16:27","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T09:16:27","slug":"futures-journal-virtual-worlds-research-issue-8-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/2015\/11\/06\/futures-journal-virtual-worlds-research-issue-8-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Futures: Journal of Virtual Worlds Research issue 8, 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>For your theory itch<\/em>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.tdl.org\/jvwr\/index.php\/jvwr\/issue\/view\/355\">Journal of Virtual Worlds Research issue 8, 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div id=\"issueDescription\">This issue presents six papers each reflecting on one angle to the future of virtual worlds: Four concrete views relating to: bots, head mounted displays (HMD), neuroscience and meditation, and eSports; as well as two theoretical views relating to the focus of virtual worlds research, and looking at virtual worlds as a mediator between \u201ctechnology trends\u201d and the \u201cdigital transformation of society and business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From the point of view of 2015: <strong>the virtual is becoming the real and the real is becoming the virtual<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<h3>Table of Contents<\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"tocSectionTitle\">Editor In-Chief Corner<\/h4>\n<table class=\"tocArticle\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td class=\"tocTitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.tdl.org\/jvwr\/index.php\/jvwr\/article\/view\/7186\">Toward the Futures of Real AND Virtual Worlds<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"tocGalleys\"><a class=\"file\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.tdl.org\/jvwr\/index.php\/jvwr\/article\/view\/7186\/6374\">PDF<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tocAuthors\">Yesha Y. Sivan<\/td>\n<td class=\"tocPages\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"tocSectionTitle\">Essays<\/h4>\n<table class=\"tocArticle\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td class=\"tocTitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.tdl.org\/jvwr\/index.php\/jvwr\/article\/view\/7167\">Three Real Futures for Virtual Worlds<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"tocGalleys\"><a class=\"file\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.tdl.org\/jvwr\/index.php\/jvwr\/article\/view\/7167\/6369\">PDF<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tocAuthors\">Tom Boellstorff<\/td>\n<td class=\"tocPages\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"tocArticle\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td class=\"tocTitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.tdl.org\/jvwr\/index.php\/jvwr\/article\/view\/7146\">Is a Technological Singularity Near Also for Bots in MMOGs?<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"tocGalleys\"><a class=\"file\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.tdl.org\/jvwr\/index.php\/jvwr\/article\/view\/7146\/6373\">PDF<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tocAuthors\">Stefano De Paoli<\/td>\n<td class=\"tocPages\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"tocArticle\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td class=\"tocTitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.tdl.org\/jvwr\/index.php\/jvwr\/article\/view\/7155\">Conceptualizing Factors of Adoption for Head Mounted Displays: Toward an Integrated Multi-Perspective Framework<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"tocGalleys\"><a class=\"file\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.tdl.org\/jvwr\/index.php\/jvwr\/article\/view\/7155\/6368\">PDF<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tocAuthors\">Ibrahim Halil Yucel, Robert Anthony Edgell<\/td>\n<td class=\"tocPages\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"tocArticle\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td class=\"tocTitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.tdl.org\/jvwr\/index.php\/jvwr\/article\/view\/7164\">Being There: Implications of Neuroscience and Meditation for Self-Presence in Virtual Worlds<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"tocGalleys\"><a class=\"file\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.tdl.org\/jvwr\/index.php\/jvwr\/article\/view\/7164\/6372\">PDF<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tocAuthors\">Carrie Heeter, Marcel Allbritton<\/td>\n<td class=\"tocPages\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"tocArticle\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td class=\"tocTitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.tdl.org\/jvwr\/index.php\/jvwr\/article\/view\/7176\">The eSports Trojan Horse: Twitch and Streaming Futures<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"tocGalleys\"><a class=\"file\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.tdl.org\/jvwr\/index.php\/jvwr\/article\/view\/7176\/6370\">PDF<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tocAuthors\">Benjamin Burroughs, Paul Rama<\/td>\n<td class=\"tocPages\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"tocArticle\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td class=\"tocTitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.tdl.org\/jvwr\/index.php\/jvwr\/article\/view\/7149\">The Metaverse as Mediator between Technology, Trends, and the Digital Transformation of Society and Business<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"tocGalleys\"><a class=\"file\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.tdl.org\/jvwr\/index.php\/jvwr\/article\/view\/7149\/6366\">PDF<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tocAuthors\">Sven-Volker Rehm, Lakshmi Goel, Mattia Crespi<\/td>\n<td class=\"tocPages\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For your theory itch:\u00a0Journal of Virtual Worlds Research issue 8, 2. 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