An Explorative Study about Second Life, the Virtual World

If users accept Virtual Worlds as a new way and channel to communicate, collaborate, and cooperation, and if institutions arrive to provide value to users, Virtual Worlds might become the next generation platform for Internet users. The Virtual University of Edinburgh (VUE) group is a virtual educational and research institute bringing together all those interested in the use of
virtual worlds for teaching, research and outreach related to the University of Edinburgh.

However, in order to become mainstream, Virtual Worlds like Second Life have many challenges to overcome and where user acceptance is probably the most important one. In an Explorative Study about Second Life, this report assesses the user acceptance of Virtual Worlds, specifically Second Life. By means of a survey with almost 250 respondents this report provides first empirical results of the user acceptance of Second Life.