Dirk-Jan de Bruin - Virtual Worlds

Here you can find an old (2005) copy featuring some of my papers. The list is incomplete, but will be updated in the near future. As always, stay tuned

Update: Scroll down to see some of the references to our papers over the years. The list might be incomplete. If you have noticed other references feel free to submit them to us.

Papers and publications

This page includes a list of a few of my publications and presentations since 1999. As you can see, a lot of them have been written and/or presented together with Dr. Jan de Bruin, my father, as well as Bruce Damer and Stuart Goldt.

I would like to thank them for giving me the opportunity to work with them. Working with these people gave me more insight then I could even image and being able to visit and present on all these different conferences around the world have been events that will stay with me for the rest of my life, and they make me realize I’ve been and continue to be a very fortunate person, for participating in these events are more than anyone my age can wish for!

As you will notice on this page, the last couple of years I’ve been less active writing about Virtual Worlds. The reason for this is I’ve enrolled in a university program at the University of Utrecht that really motivates me and allows me to expand my knowledge of computer science as well as widen my academic horizon. The only downside to this has been the fact that it does not allow me to visit so much conferences anymore, nor does it provide me enough time to write a lot of non-curriculair papers.

I continue to be interested in the field of Inhabited Virtual Worlds and Online Communities, and I try to use them as case reference point for research in many different topics related to the courses I’m taking at university.

Publications 2004

* Liever de Gifbeker. Series of columns written as assignment for the ‘Liever the Gifbeker’ course. Utrecht
* Enkele concrete toepassingen bij het onderzoeksprogramma ‘Intelligent Multimedia’ van de Vrije Universiteit. Paper written for Dr. Eliens of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam as special assignment.
* Inhabited Virtual Worlds: Een introducerende beschouwing over de opkomst van een sociaal-technisch verschijnsel. A new version of this paper will be available soon as should give a broad overview of the Virtual Worlds movement and it’s potential future.

Publications 2003

* EVA London: “Virtual Worlds and an Inhabited Virtual Worlds Movement: A sociological approach with some examples from the Netherlands”

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Publications 2002

* EVA Moscow. A paper by Jan de Bruin & Dirk-Jan de Bruin presented in Moscow, 2-7 December 2002.

Publications 2001

* KUBIT: Sociale Virtuele Werelden, Bezien vanuit een sociologisch en beleids- en organisatiewetenschappelijk perspectief. An article by Jan de Bruin and Dirk-Jan de Bruin (Dutch).

Publications 2000

* KUBIT: Toepassing van Social Virtuele Werelden op het Internet. Article by Jan de Bruin and Dirk-Jan de Bruin (Dutch)

* Second International conference on Virtual Worlds:
Presentation by Bruce Damer, Dirk-Jan de Bruin and Jan de Bruin based on the paper “Conferences and Trade Shows in Inhabited Virtual Worlds: A Case Study of Avatars98 & 99“, Paper presented as an invited paper at the Second International Conference, VW 2000, Paris (France). The paper is published as: Bruce Damer, Stuart Gold, Jan de Bruin, and Dirk-Jan de Bruin, Conferences and Trade Shows in Inhabited Virtual Worlds: A Case Study of Avatars98 & 99, in: Jean-Claude Heudin (ed.), Virtual Worlds, Second International Conference, VW 2000, Paris, France, July 5-7, 2000 Proceedings, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, Berlin, 2000: pp. 1-11 (ISBN 3-540-67707-0).
* The Grass Roots of Internet Users and Virtual Worlds: A Case Study of Contact Consortium:
Paper presented by Jan de Bruin and Dirk-Jan de Bruin at the Virtual Reality International Conference 2000, Laval. The paper is published as: Jan de Bruin, Dirk-Jan de Bruin, Bruce Damer, and Stuart Gold, ‘The Grass Roots of Internet Users and Virtual Worlds: A Case Study of Contact Consortium’ in: Simon Richir; Bernard Taravel (eds.), VRIC 2000 Proceedings, Laval, 2000: pp. 142-153 (ISBN 2-9513952-1-3).

Publications 1999

* Sixth International Conference on Multi-Organizational Partnerships and Co-operative Strategy: a presentation by Jan de Bruin and Dirk-Jan de Bruin based on the paper “Virtual Organisations and Virtual Worlds: a Case study of AVATARS98″ by Bruce Damer, Stuart Gold, Jan de Bruin and Dirk-Jan de Bruin.
* Twente Workshop on Language Technology 15: Presentation by Jan de Bruin and Dirk-Jan de Bruin based on the paper “Steps toward learning in Cyberspace: TheU Virtual University and BOWorld”, by Bruce Damer, Stuart Gold, Jan de Bruin and Dirk-Jan de Bruin

* "KUBIT: De kolonisering van de virtuele werkelijkheid door het gebruik van sociale werelden". Article by Jan & Dirk-Jan de Bruin (Dutch)

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References to these papers by other authors:
- Chi-Syan Lin, The New Paradigm for Networked Learning: Inhabited Virtual Learning Worlds and Intelligent Agents

- Laboratorio VISGRAF Instituto de Matematica Pura e Aplicada
Mundos Virtuais e Jogos por Computador: PONG – Um Estudo de Caso

- Daniel Riha, Multi-user 3D Virtual Library for University of Constance

- Katy Börner, Shashikant Penumarthy, Social diffusion patterns in three-dimensional
virtual worlds

- A Chauffaut, T Duval, C Le Tenier, M Rouillé, Tutorial for VR-OpenMASK, a Software Development Platform for Virtual Reality

- BH Sørensen, Online games: scenario for community and manifestation of masculinity

- Hye-Seung Kanga and Hee-Dong Yang, The visual characteristics of avatars in computer-mediated communication: Comparison of Internet Relay Chat and Instant Messenger as of 2003

- Stephan Lukosch, Till Schummer, Making exam preparation an enjoyable experience

- Vidya Shankarnarayan, A Room of One's Own: Making a Place for On-Line Communities

- Paul McIlvenny, Performing Re-mediation in Graphical Cyberspace: Mediating Age

- T. Duval (?), Etat de l'art sur la coopération en environnements 3D

- Steve DiPaola, David Collins, A 3D Virtual Environment for Social Telepresence

- Steve DiPaola, David Collins, A social metaphor-based 3D virtual environment

- Philip Marriott, Jane Hiscock, "Building Synchronous Voice-Based 3D Learning Spaces,"

- Chu-Chi Liu, Virtual Experiential Marketing on Online Purchase Intention

- Ja-Shen Chen; Liu Chu-Chi, Virtual Experiential Marketing Practices: An Examination of the Moderating Effects

Linked:
- VLearn 3D, case studies

- Charles University Prague, Virtuální realita na internetu

- Virtual Reality and Education Laboratory East Carolina University, Other Virtual Reality and Education Publications (Non-VREL), Compiled and maintained by Dr. Veronica S. Pantelidis