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astro-ph.IM2013★ 12 cited
The MICA Experiment: Astrophysics in Virtual Worlds
S. G. Djorgovski, Piet Hut, Rob Knop +9
We describe the work of the Meta-Institute for Computational Astrophysics (MICA), the first professional scientific organization based in virtual worlds. MICA was an experiment in…
astro-ph.IM2009★ 7 cited
Exploring the Use of Virtual Worlds as a Scientific Research Platform: The Meta-Institute for Computational Astrophysics (MICA)
S. G. Djorgovski, P. Hut, S. McMillan +4
We describe the Meta-Institute for Computational Astrophysics (MICA), the first professional scientific organization based exclusively in virtual worlds (VWs). The goals of MICA ar…