Exodus to the Virtual World

How Online Fun Is Changing Reality

Nonfiction, Computers, Internet, Electronic Commerce, Business & Finance, Economics, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: Edward Castronova ISBN: 9780230608610
Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication: November 27, 2007
Imprint: St. Martin's Press Language: English
Author: Edward Castronova
ISBN: 9780230608610
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication: November 27, 2007
Imprint: St. Martin's Press
Language: English

Virtual worlds have exploded out of online game culture and now capture the attention of millions of ordinary people: husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, workers, retirees. Devoting dozens of hours each week to massively multiplayer virtual reality environments (like World of Warcraft and Second Life), these millions are the start of an exodus into the refuge of fantasy, where they experience life under a new social, political, and economic order built around fun. Given the choice between a fantasy world and the real world, how many of us would choose reality? Exodus to the Virtual World explains the growing migration into virtual reality, and how it will change the way we live--both in fantasy worlds and in the real one.

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Virtual worlds have exploded out of online game culture and now capture the attention of millions of ordinary people: husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, workers, retirees. Devoting dozens of hours each week to massively multiplayer virtual reality environments (like World of Warcraft and Second Life), these millions are the start of an exodus into the refuge of fantasy, where they experience life under a new social, political, and economic order built around fun. Given the choice between a fantasy world and the real world, how many of us would choose reality? Exodus to the Virtual World explains the growing migration into virtual reality, and how it will change the way we live--both in fantasy worlds and in the real one.

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