Designing our town: MOOsburg

TitleDesigning our town: MOOsburg
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2001
AuthorsCarroll, J. M., Rosson M B., Isenhour P. L., Ganoe C. H., Dunlap D. L., Fogarty J., Schafer W. A., & Van Metre C.
JournalInternational Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Volume54
Issue5
Pagination725 - 751
Date Published5/2001
ISSN10715819
Abstract

MOOsburg is a community-oriented multi-user domain. It was created to enrich the Blacksburg Electronic Village (BEV) by providing real-time, situated interaction and a place-based model for community information. Three versions of MOOsburg have been developed: a classic text-based MOO, a MOO extended to drive a Web-browser, and a Java-based system. The most recent version of MOOsburg is fundamentally different from classic MOOs, supporting distributed system development and management and a direct manipulation approach to navigation. We are currently developing a variety of community-oriented applications, including a virtual science fair and a dispersed natural history museum.

URLhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1071581900904385
DOI10.1006/ijhc.2000.0438
Short TitleInternational Journal of Human-Computer Studies