Draft:Virtual Body Language

Virtual Body Language is a 2011 book by the American artist, researcher, and software developer Jeffrey Ventrella. It was published by ETC Press, and is available on the Internet Archive.

Overview
Virtual Body Language (subtitle: The History and Future of Avatars: How Nonverbal Expression is Evolving on the Internet) combines accounts of avatar development and design in the virtual world companies There.com and Second Life in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with references to research on psychology, neuroscience, visual design, character animation, and user interaction. The book incorporates the author's research at the School of Interactive Art and Technology of Simon Fraser University.

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