. . . "\"This book presents various opinions, judgments, and ideas on how the use of digitally created worlds is changing the face of e-commerce and extending the use of Internet technologies to create a more immersive experience for customers\"--Provided by publisher."@en . "Virtual Worlds and E-Commerce: Technologies and Applications for Building Customer Relationships presents various opinions, judgments, and ideas on how the use of digitally created worlds is changing the face of e-commerce and extending the use of internet technologies to create a more immersive experience for customers. Containing current research on various aspects of the use of virtual worlds, this book includes a discussion of the elements of virtual worlds; the evolution of e-commerce to virtual commerce (v-commerce); the convergence of online games and virtual worlds; current examples of virtual worlds in use by various businesses, the military, and educational institutions; the economics of virtual worlds: discussions on legal, security and technological issues facing virtual worlds; a review of some human factor issues in virtual worlds; and the future of virtual worlds and e-commerce."@en . "Electronic books"@en . "Electronic books" . . . . . "Virtual worlds and e-commerce : technologies and applications for building customer relationships" . "Virtual Worlds and E-Commerce Technologies and Applications for Building Customer Relationships" . . "Electronic resource" . . . . . . "\"This book presents various opinions, judgments, and ideas on how the use of digitally created worlds is changing the face of e-commerce and extending the use of Internet technologies to create a more immersive experience for customers\"--Provided by publisher" . . . "Virtual worlds and e-commerce technologies and applications for building customer relationships"@en . "Virtual worlds and e-commerce technologies and applications for building customer relationships" . "Virtual Worlds and E-Commerce: Technologies and Applications for Building Customer Relationships" . . . . . . . . . . "\"This book presents various opinions, judgments, and ideas on how the use of digitally created worlds is changing the face of e-commerce and extending the use of Internet technologies to create a more immersive experience for customers\"--Provided by publisher." . "Ciaramitaro, Barbara" . .