Virtual Worlds May Be the Future Setting of Scientific Collaboration
August 5, 2009 | Source: PhysOrg.com
The first professional scientific organization based entirely in virtual worlds, the Meta Institute for Computational Astrophysics (MICA), has been formed by scientists from the California Institute of Technology, Princeton, Drexel University, and MIT.
In addition to getting people together in a free and convenient way, virtual worlds can offer new possibilities for multi-dimensional data visualization.