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Exploring the Use of Virtual Worlds as a Scientific Research Platform: The Meta-Institute for Computational Astrophysics (MICA)
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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-11743-5_3, author={S. Djorgovski and P. Hut and S. McMillan and E. Vesperini and R. Knop and W. Farr and M. Graham}, title={Exploring the Use of Virtual Worlds as a Scientific Research Platform: The Meta-Institute for Computational Astrophysics (MICA)}, proceedings={Facets of Virtual Environments. First International Conference, FaVE 2009, Berlin, Germany, July 27-29, 2009, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={FAVE}, year={2012}, month={5}, keywords={Virtual Worlds Astrophysics Education Scientific Collaboration and Communication Data Visualization Numerical Modeling}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-11743-5_3} }- S. Djorgovski
P. Hut
S. McMillan
E. Vesperini
R. Knop
W. Farr
M. Graham
Year: 2012
Exploring the Use of Virtual Worlds as a Scientific Research Platform: The Meta-Institute for Computational Astrophysics (MICA)
FAVE
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11743-5_3
Abstract
We describe the Meta-Institute for Computational Astrophysics (MICA), the first professional scientific organization based exclusively in virtual worlds (VWs). The goals of MICA are to explore the utility of the emerging VR and VWs technologies for scientific and scholarly work in general, and to facilitate and accelerate their adoption by the scientific research community. MICA itself is an experiment in academic and scientific practices enabled by the immersive VR technologies. We describe the current and planned activities and research directions of MICA, and offer some thoughts as to what the future developments in this arena may be.
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