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A Study on Typology of Virtual World and its Development in Metaverse (메타버스 내 가상세계의 유형 및 발전방향 연구)

  • Han, Hye-Won
    • Journal of Digital Contents Society
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.317-323
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    • 2008
  • The purpose of this study is to show typology of virtual world and to look out how virtual world develops especially in Korea. As paradigm changes, the scientific virtual reality and world wide web are absorbed into 3-D virtual world in Metaverse. The metaverse is the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space. There are two categories of virtual world, the Ludic Virtual World which is oriented from games like MMORPGs and the Social Virtual World which is oriented from network communication system. Compared to North America and Europe, the Ludic Virtual World and game society grow and develop quickly in Korea. It's because Korean users prefer the online environment where millions of people live out a collective fantasy existence.

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