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[Yesha Sivan]

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are happy to announce the publication of a NEW ISSUE from the Journal of
Virtual Worlds Research (JVWR):
  Volume 8, Number 2: Futures
*Issue Editor*: Yesha Sivan, Coller Institute of Venture, Tel Aviv
University, Israel; Scool of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univiersity, HK

This issue presents six papers, each reflecting on one angle to the future
of virtual worlds: Four concrete views relating to bots, head mounted
displays (HMD), neuroscience and meditation, and eSports; as well as two
theoretical views relating to the focus of virtual worlds research and
looking at virtual worlds as a mediator between “technology trends” and the
“digital transformation of society and business.”

>From 2015 point of view: *The virtual is becoming the real and the real is
becoming the virtual*.
  Editor in-Chief Corner

Toward the Futures of Real AND Virtual Worlds
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Yesha Y Sivan
  Essays

Three Real Futures for Virtual Worlds
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Tom Boellstorff

Is a Technological Singularity Near Also for Bots in MMOGs?
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Stefano De Paoli

Conceptualizing Factors of Adoption for Head Mounted Displays: Toward an
Integrated Multi-Perspective Framework
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Ibrahim Halil Yucel, Robert Anthony Edgell

Being There: Implications of Neuroscience and Meditation for Self-Presence
in Virtual Worlds
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Carrie Heeter, Marcel Allbritton

The eSports Trojan Horse: Twitch and Streaming Futures
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Benjamin Burroughs, Paul Rama

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Metaverse as Mediator between Technology, Trends, and the Digital
Transformation of Society and Business
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Sven-Volker Rehm, Lakshmi Goel, Mattia Crespi

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