Pitfalls in 3-D Virtual Worlds Health Project Evaluations: The Trap of Drug-trial-style Media Comparative Studies

Authors

  • Maged N. Kamel Boulos University of Plymouth, Devon, UK
  • Inocencio Maramba University of Plymouth, Devon, UK

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4101/jvwr.v2i2.669

Keywords:

evaluation studies, health, healthcare, media comparative studies

Abstract

This 'think-piece' proposes to avoid evaluation trials comparing 3-D virtual worlds and the flat Web, and to instead investigate and evaluate the two modalities as different but complementary and synergistic media rather than as competing media trying to replace one another.

Author Biographies

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

Inocencio Maramba, University of Plymouth, Devon, UK

E-Health, E-Learning Facilitator

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