Name Nabeel khizar

Roll no 19-arid-1044

What is the purpose of the VW/MMORPG?

I have chosen to visit Second Life, a social network that allows users to
create personalised avatars and interact through audio and visual
imagery, it allows creation of communities/Groups of likeminded or
those with similar tastes and preferences, replication and enhancement
of real and fictional locations, living out of fantasies/other lives in an
online environment, which might prove physically much safer in some
cases! Second Life has developed to include commerce and trade,
recruitment and employee assessment, also added virtual classroom
offerings,

designed as a
social networking platform — to encourage social interaction.

ii. What kinds of conversations are supported?

One to one, one to many, many to many, through audio, text, and video,
IM/Chat.

iii. How is awareness supported of the others in the VW/MMORPG?

Through a Viewer, a proprietary desktop application, which provides a

visual representation of the user's location, and also through an
accessible map. Every individual has an avatar, customisable according
to taste. This Viewer has yet to be successfully "ported" to the growing
community of tablet computers, although apps are available to continue
social contact to a limited degree.

iv. What kinds of social protocols and conventions are used?

This depends on the section of the VW you are in, but there are many,
varied, and complex. The VW inhabitants have developed and matured,
bringing either extensions of their offline personalities in, or developing
wholly new characters, communities and relevant geographies within
the VW.

v. What kinds of awareness information are provided?

Visual prompt and triggers, audio, in-world dialogue boxes, control

panels, situational information such as telling you where you are
located, and stopping you entering certain restricted areas/if you don't
have an invite. The VW Viewer frames the world, and offers a deep
selection of information, history, and customisable details.