Musings on the State of '3-D Virtual Worlds for Health and Healthcare' in 2009

Authors

  • Maria Toro-Troconis Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London
  • Maged N. Kamel Boulos University of Plymouth, Devon, UK

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4101/jvwr.v2i2.629

Keywords:

future Internet, standards, frameworks, game-based learning, OpenSim, Second Life(r), health and medicine, virtual patients

Abstract

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Author Biographies

  • Maria Toro-Troconis, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London
    Senior Learning Technologist
  • Maged N. Kamel Boulos, University of Plymouth, Devon, UK
    Senior Lecturer in Health Informatics Senior Member of IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and of IEEE EMBS
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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2009): 3D Virtual Worlds for Health and Healthcare

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