Nearly missed this anniversary as it tried to sneak in under the radar .
Nov 26th 1942 – World Premiere of Casablanca
Entries Tagged 'research' ↓
NLA “Round up the usual LolCatz”
November 26th, 2007 — National LolCatz Archives, research
Bot designed to invade personal space
November 5th, 2007 — news, research
Researchers at University College London in the UK have designed a SL Bot which they use to research peoples virtual personal space. Indications are that avatars show similar behaviour to RL research, moving away from the bot when pressed to closely , with women being less sensitive. It doesn’t mention known cultural differences in personal space but I’d assume those would apply as well .
Details are published by New Scientist and you can read more here