[image: Journal of Virtual Worlds Research]<http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=5ff2529dfc&e=3f7039199b> Call for Book Chapters: Handbook on 3D3C Virtual Worlds Applications, Technologies and Policies for Three Dimensional Systems for Community, Creation and Commerce *Editor*: Prof. Yesha Sivan, JVWR Managing editor; Metaverse Labs Ltd. *Publisher*: Springer-Verlag, Germany Introduction: The field of virtual worlds / Augmented Reality / 3D / etc. is vast, interconnected and expanding. In that respect, "3D3C Worlds" is defined as a combination of four factors: - 3D stands for the three dimensional representation of worlds as seen in Google Earth, Augmented Reality, 3D printing and the like; - Community as in a collection of people work, play and act together. Consider Facebook and Twitter as one example, and enhance it by the dynamics of World of Warcraft guilds; - Creation is the ability to create new artifacts, as seen for example in Second Life or in Open Source movement; - Commerce is the ability to harness these previous factors to gain monetary real value (consider Bitcoin, exchanges, etc.) Objective of the Book: - Become the official "handbook" on 3D3C Virtual Worlds - Highlight and enhance some earlier work conducted for the Journal - Further advance and augment the field with "topical reviews" A "topical review" means a review of a corpus of knowledge of one aspect of the field. It can be a classic literature review, a more formal statistical meta-analysis or other forms suggested by authors. Topics we already have chapters on: - Collaboration >> Virtual Worlds as Innovative Collaboration Media for Distributed Work - Taxation >> Taxation of Virtual World Economies: An Empirical Review - Medical >> Overview: Virtual Reality in Medicine - Education >> An Exploratory Research Agenda for 3-D Virtual Worlds as Collaborative Learning Ecosystems: Extracting Evidences from Literature - Art >> 1993-2013: A Survey of Two Decades of Artistic Works using Computational Ecosystems - Geography >> An Aspatial Economics? The Economic Geography of Virtual Worlds - Creativity >> Fostering Team Creativity in Virtual Worlds - Money >> Virtual Currencies, Micropayments and Fiat Money: Where Are We Coming From and Where Does the Industry Stand? - Legal >> Privacy, Law, and Virtual Worlds - Multilinguality >> Multilingual issues in virtual worlds: a general review - Money >> Blazing Trails: A New Way Forward for Virtual Currencies and Money Laundering - Collaboration >> Virtual Collaboration Spaces: Bringing Presence to Distributed Collaboration Topics of interest that we are looking for include, but are not limited to: - Case studies - Augmented Reality - 3D Printing - Commerce / business - History - Security - Design - Military - Users - Standards - Social behaviours - Gender - Cases of projects, constellations, and "islands" -- Could be visual depiction (as the book will be in color) - Cases of firms, and business endeavours - Impact on special audiences for virtual worlds - Technical review of research trends in the field (metrics) - Measurements and evolution of usage in virtual worlds. - Defence Related Virtual worlds - Devices for virtual life - Mobility How to submit: The final chapter length should be 15-25 pages in the Springer format. Initially please email your 2-3 page chapter proposals including: - Chapter title - Author names, current affiliation, and email addresses - Short author/s bio - Chapter intent / purpose / abstract - Chapter structure outline - List some key publication(s) on which your chapter will be based *Editorial Process*: All accepted chapters will undergo a rigorous peer-review process. Email submissions to info@jvwresearch.org <+info@jvwresearch.org>. Dates: Authors are encouraged to send proposals as early as possible to get a quick response. *March 28, 2014*: Book chapter proposal submission deadline. *April 30, 2014*: Notification of chapter proposal acceptance. *July 30, 2014*: Full chapter submission. *September 15, 2014*: Peer-review results returned. *October 15, 2014*: Camera-ready chapter submission. *December 15, 2014*: Planned publication. Looking forward to hearing from you, Thankfully, *Prof. Yesha Y. Sivan* JVWR Managing Editor Metaverse-Labs Ltd. 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