Oct 23 2006
CNET: A Midsummer Night's Virtual World
Courtney and I have spent a fair amount of time talking about virtual worlds like Second Life on the Coffee Break. Now here's an example of one that that's spawning from the grounds of academia:
From CNET: On Thursday, the MacArthur Foundation is announcing a $240,000 grant to Edward Castronova for his online game, “Arden: The World of Shakespeare.” The idea behind the project is to produce a virtual world steeped in the rich lore and characters of the playwright's work.
It's a two fold academic environment: on the public side, you have the ability to virtually explore Shakespeare's works. And on the backend, you have social scientistis experimenting with the economic and governmental rules of the different various incarnations of the world to see what results they get. Very cool stuff.
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