[AISWorld] The Metaverse Assembled: JVWR 1st Issue of 2013

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Dear AIS member,


We are happy to announce the new publication of The Journal of Virtual
Worlds Research:

*Volume 6, Number 1: The Metaverse Assembled (2013)*

The editorial team:

   - *Leonel Morgado,* INESC TEC (formerly INESC Porto), UTAD – University
   of Trás-os-Montes Alto Douro, Portugal
   - *Nelson Zagalo,* University of Minho, Portugal

 In this issue you will find selected papers from SLaction 2012 as well as
other papers from 2012. These six papers present the diversity of topics
and research methods in our field. JVWR will continue to encourage this
diverse approach as we explore and expand our field.

Managing Editor Corner

   - Welcome to the First Issue of
2013<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=71b3e82c34&e=1410976b30>
   Yesha Y. Sivan

Research Papers

   - Language Learning in Virtual Worlds: The Role of Foreign Language and
   Technical Anxiety<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=6a6297a004&e=1410976b30>
   Sarah E. Pasfield-Neofitou
   - vManagement: Initial Exploration of Management
Practice<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=e0a63da09c&e=1410976b30>
   Susan Wurtz, Dale Cyphert, Leslie K. Duclos
   - Virtual Worlds as a Tool to Facilitate Weight Management for Young
   People<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=3a705864e2&e=1410976b30>
   Michael James Taylor, Dave Taylor, Myutan Kulendran, Paul Gately, Ara
   Darzi
   - Do As We Do, Not As You Think: The Effect of Group Influence on
   Individual Choices in a Virtual
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   Phil Kraemer
   - Architecting Scalable Academic Virtual World Grids: A Case Utilizing
   OpenSimulator<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=fb039f4ddd&e=1410976b30>
   Charles J. Lesko, Yolanda A. Hollingsworth
   - Virtual Archaeology in Second Life and
OpenSimulator<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=45f4e7f105&e=1410976b30>
   Luís Miguel Sequeira, Leonel Caseiro Morgado

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If you are interested in publishing a literature review on a particular
area of Virtual Worlds, see our special Lantern issue, due to be published
beginning of 2014.

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Thankfully,

*Tzafnat Shpak*
Coordinating Editor

 *Prof. Yesha Y. Sivan*
 Managing Editor

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