Knowville 2D
http://knowville.org/
Virtual World Powerpoint
http://robint.williams.googlepages.com/computergeekchic
Knowville 3D video
http://blip.tv/file/325444
KQED Segment
http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/view/611
If you are going to read one book on the topic, make it: Synthetic Worlds by Castronova.
Virtual worlds are microchasms of real worlds. They are inhabited by people, good and bad, smart and otherwise. Research shows that, escapist or not, people's real lives tend to mirror their fake ones. The number ONE thing that Virtual Worlds replace - television. People prefer active entertainment over passive entertainment.
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