Virtual Worlds Concepts

Class 1 Vocabulary Words

• in-world
• cybersubculture
• machinima
• avatar
• rez
• sim (simulator)
• prim (primitive)
• sandbox
• alt
• lag

Class 2 Deconstruction of cybersubculture

• What is culture?
• people
• behaviors
• attitudes
• art
• clothing
• music
• cuisine
• is often based on geography
• there is no monoculture in the world, but there are dominant ones

Class 3 Class 4 Class 5

• What is a subculture?
• a subset of a culture
• grouped around similar interests, behaviors, attitudes, music, cuisine, art, etc
• often going against the dominant culture
• examples include: goth, punk, star trek (fans), fantasy, etc

• cybersubculture
• subculture on the 'net
• global

• Introduction to SL "groups"