Originally printed online in 2009.Special Issue on Technology, Economy and StandardsThe editorial team for this issue includes: Yesha Sivan, Metaverse Labs and the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, IsraelRobert Bloomfield, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, USAJean H.A. Gelissen, Philips Research, NetherlandsThis issue is part of an effort to explore the fields of standards for virtual worlds. Working on such standards is both technical and conceptual. This issue endeavors to enhance, explicate, and analyze various aspects of standards and virtual worlds, and was designed to give a voice to the leading theoretical and practical players within this arena. The issue specifically emphasizes the disciplines of economy and technology as critical harbingers to the endeavor of standards.
