Presence in MUDS... (fwd)

Chris Hand (cph@dmu.ac.uk)
Wed, 19 Mar 1997 10:13:09 +0000 (GMT)

This is quite a significant step (albeit a very
late one... MOOs are getting *old* now). I remember
being told in the past that I couldn't submit papers
about systems such as MOOs to various journals
because it "wasn't proper VR". Whether you agree
with that or not, the (cognitive) immersion experienced
in MOOs is important, as many of us have been pointing
out for a long time.

Well done to John.

Disclaimer: I haven't yet seen either Towell's or Schiano's papers.

Chris

cph@dmu.ac.uk

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From: "John Towell Ph.D." <m50jft1@hayek.cob.niu.edu>
Subject: Presence in MUDS...
To: moo-cows@parc.xerox.com
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 11:05:11 PST

I have been notified that my manuscript co-authored with Elizabeth
Towell entitled: "Presence in Text-Based Networked Virtual Environments
or 'MUDS'" has been accepted for publication in the MIT-based journal
"Presence." Basically, the paper shows that 69% of the people that
were studied, which were from six different groups of MOOers and
totalled over 200 people, felt a sense of "being there" or presence
when they were connected to a MOO. This study corroborates the fine
work of Diane Schiano (Behavior Research Instruments, Methods and
Computers, 1997, 29(2)[In Press]).

I apologize for this shameless promotion but I know there are some
listeners who are involved academically and desiring references to
peer-reviewed MUD-related publications.

I also want to take this time to acknowledge the help I've received
from the moo-cows community. The following is from the acknowledgments
section of the paper.
*******
Acknowledgments

The authors thank Pavel Curtis and the MOO-cows community for a lot of
help and a marvelous MOO-support network, and especially Gustavo
Glusman, founder of BioMOO, for teaching and sharing his knowledge of
MOO.

*******

Thanks everybody!

John (aka Watson Crick - BioMOO Wizard) :) 

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