May 2008 Conference


Convergence of the Real and the Virtual

The First Scientific Conference in World of Warcraft

 

This page is the archive of the May 9-11, 2008 conference held in World of Warcraft.  This is believed to have been the first really large scientific conference held inside a gameworld, with about 120 avatars attending each of the three plenary sessions.  The proceeedings were published as a conventional academic book: Bainbridge, William Sims (ed).  2010. Online Worlds: Convergence of the Real and the Virtual. London: Springer.

 

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Post-conference material:

 

Screenshots and Videos

Conference Participants

 

Pre-conference material:

 

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3

 

Expedition 1

Expedition 2

Expedition 3

 

Earthen Ring US

Clothing Fashions

The 2008 old Guild

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