Title :
On privacy of famous users in active worlds
Author :
Rissanen, M.J. ; Zheng, X.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Process. Sci., Oulu Univ., Finland
Abstract :
Collaborative virtual environments (CVEs) are being developed to support work and education, yet, research for entertainment is getting popular. A qualitative research was conducted in active worlds (AW). Some of AW users are famous in the virtual world, which affects their usage of the system.
Keywords :
Internet; data privacy; entertainment; groupware; security of data; virtual reality; active world; collaborative virtual environment; entertainment; famous user privacy; virtual world;
Conference_Titel :
SICE 2004 Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
Print_ISBN :
4-907764-22-7
