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Second Life and other three dimensional visual worlds: next phase for
Online Dispute Resolution?A.R. Lodder, In
Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Online Dispute
Resolution (ODRworkshop.info), pages 59-62, 2007.
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Virtual communities and virtual worlds have become
popular places on the internet, with some visited even more than Google. The
virtual worlds offer opportunities to Online Dispute Resolution. With the
advent of the virtual worlds, virtual conflicts ask for an adequate online
resolution mechanism: a virtual courtroom. Insights from Online Dispute
Resolution research can be applied in developing such a courtroom. The
interesting aspect about these environments is that they are electronic by
nature but that they look and feel like the real world. As such they might be
able to bridge the gap between online and offline dispute resolution. This
paper elaborates upon the potential of ODR in three dimensional worlds.
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