The Virtual Worlds Handbook: How to Use Second Life and Other 3D Virtual Environments (Paperback)

Step into the world of virtual reality with your newly created avatar and begin to experience the tools that make this world interactive! During their infancy stage, virtual environments were largely based upon the gaming community and over time have been adapted to meet the growing number of users and educators. The Virtual Worlds Handbook, with CD-ROM, provides a user-friendly approach that will help trainers and educators create an effective and interactive environment within the Second Life virtual world. This book was written to help the novice user tackle the natural learning curve while providing the experienced user with tips, tools, and tricks to help any educator or trainer meet their professional goals faster. The opportunities using virtual reality are limitless and provide online students with a unique opportunity to connect both physically and educationally to one another, to faculty, to university, and to a worldwide market.

進入虛擬現實的世界，以你新創建的角色開始體驗使這個世界互動的工具！在初期階段，虛擬環境主要基於遊戲社群，隨著時間的推移，已經適應了越來越多的使用者和教育者的需求。《虛擬世界手冊》附帶CD-ROM，提供了一種使用者友好的方法，幫助培訓師和教育者在Second Life虛擬世界中創建一個有效且互動的環境。本書旨在幫助新手用戶應對自然的學習曲線，同時為有經驗的用戶提供提示、工具和技巧，以幫助任何教育者或培訓師更快地實現他們的專業目標。利用虛擬現實的機會是無限的，為在線學生提供了與其他學生、教職員、大學和全球市場建立身體和教育上聯繫的獨特機會。