The communication i SL

We are a group of students from Aalborg University in Denmark.


As a part of our current studies we are doing this survey regarding the communication and the new form of interaction within 3D virtual worlds. Our project is focused on the avatar, not the real-life user, so the questions are very straight forward and of course completely anonymous.

Many of the physical gestures, we make in real-life (e.g. facial expressions, and ironic remarks etc.) are difficult to translate into Second Life. Which make the communication hard to perceive.

Our goal is therefore to improve the tools of communication in Second Life, as well as on the Internet itself.

The questionnaire consists of 20 questions and will therefore take not more than a few minutes to complete.
We thank you in advance and remind you once more, that survey is completely anonymous.

Best regards
Rasmus Sandholm (Sandholm Perse), Thomas Overholt Hansen (Os Bessie), Rasmus Amby Makwarth (Rasmus Jimenez)

Follow this link to take the survey:

http://FreeOnlineSurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?id=133491

We posted the same tread in the "Off topic" forum and this is what Malachi Petunia had to say about the survey:

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Malachi Petunia
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 2,250

The survey appeared mostly harmless and quick; good luck with your studies.

You should probably contact Linden Lab following their research ethics policy, but having taken the survey I can't imagine them having issue with it.