Doll's Tea Party » research http://www.tycheshepherd.com/blog Breaking down the walls of Second Life Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:25:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Bot designed to invade personal space http://www.tycheshepherd.com/blog/2007/11/05/bot-designed-to-invade-personal-space/ http://www.tycheshepherd.com/blog/2007/11/05/bot-designed-to-invade-personal-space/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:10:38 +0000 Tyche Shepherd http://www.tycheshepherd.com/blog/2007/11/05/bot-designed-to-invade-personal-space/ 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

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