Vol 4, No 2 (2011)

Government and Defense

Issue Editors: Paulette Robinson, National Defense University, USA; Michael Piller, National Defense University, USA.

This issue includes articles from the 2010 Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds Conference including a review of potential usages for government, military and business organizations; the case of the Swedish Embassy in SL; the criminal justice system and a "think piece" on unconstrained global citizens. The issue highlights some of the unique dimensions of Virtual Wolds that relate to governments & military.

Table of Contents

Research Papers

Applied Virtual Environments: Applications of Virtual Environments to Government, Military and Business Organizations
Patrick D. Allen, Chris C. Demchak
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Virtual Nation Branding: the Swedish Embassy in Second Life
Stina Bengtsson
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MuniGov 2.0, A New Residency Requirement: Local Government Professionals in Second Life
Ines A Mergel, Michelle Gardner, Pamela Broviak, William Greeves
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Virtual Reality and the Criminal Justice System: New Possibilities for Research, Training, and Rehabilitation
Bobbie Ticknor, Sherry Tillinghast
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Research-in-brief papers

Avatars and Security Clearances: How can we reconcile the two?
Michael P Cummins
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Two Navy Virtual World Collaboration Applications: Rapid Prototyping and Concept of Operations Experimentation
Douglas Maxwell, Steven Aguiar, Philip Monte, Diana Nolan
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Creating a VW Killer App for the Department of Defense
Roger Smith
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“Think Pieces”

Avatars as the First Manifestation of Geo-politically Unconstrained Global Citizens
Randy J. Hinrichs
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