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dc.contributor.authorKamel Boulos, MN
dc.contributor.authorRamloll, R
dc.contributor.authorJones, Ray
dc.contributor.authorToth-Cohen, S
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-29T09:04:25Z
dc.date.available2017-03-29T09:04:25Z
dc.date.issued2008-12-18
dc.identifier.issn1660-4601
dc.identifier.issn1660-4601
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/8731
dc.description.abstract

Over the past three years (2006-2008), the medical/health and public health communities have shown a growing interest in using online 3D virtual worlds like Second Life(R) (http://secondlife.com/) for health education, community outreach, training and simulations purposes. 3D virtual worlds are seen as the precursors of 'Web 3D' , the next major iteration of the Internet that will follow in the coming years. This paper provides a tour of several flagship Web 3D experiences in Second Life(R), including Play2Train Islands (emergency preparedness training), the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--CDC Island (public health), Karuna Island (AIDS support and information), Tox Town at Virtual NLM Island (US National Library of Medicine--environmental health), and Jefferson's Occupational Therapy Center. We also discuss the potential and future of Web 3D. These are still early days of 3D virtual worlds, and there are still many more untapped potentials and affordances of 3D virtual worlds that are yet to be explored, as the technology matures further and improves over the coming months and years.

dc.format.extent290-317
dc.format.mediumPrint
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.subjectCivil Defense
dc.subjectCommunity-Institutional Relations
dc.subjectHealth Education
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectInternet
dc.subjectOccupational Therapy
dc.subjectPatient Education as Topic
dc.subjectSexually Transmitted Diseases
dc.subjectUser-Computer Interface
dc.titleWeb 3D for Public, Environmental and Occupational Health: Early Examples from Second Life®.
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeArticle
plymouth.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19190358
plymouth.issue4
plymouth.volume5
plymouth.publication-statusPublished online
plymouth.journalInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph5040290
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Health
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Health/School of Nursing and Midwifery
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA03 Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups/Institute of Health and Community
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Users by role
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Users by role/Academics
dc.publisher.placeSwitzerland
dcterms.dateAccepted2008-12-17
dc.identifier.eissn1660-4601
dc.rights.embargoperiodNot known
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.3390/ijerph5040290
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2008-12-18
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review


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