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Dungeons and Dragons Meets Macroeconomics

Overview Think online, multi-player games are just about entertainment and escapism? Think again. While multi-player sites such as EverQuest and The Sims Online are attracting thousands of players, researchers at Accenture Technology Labs see the potential of these so-called "virtual worlds" not only to attract a richer set of players (in more ways than one), but to become a significant aspect of people's lives. This article describes how this could be achieved.

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Publisher	Accenture	File Format	HTML
Date Published	April 2003	Downloads	149
Format	White Papers
Topics	Virtual Reality

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