Qualitative study on the intrinsic and extrinsic motivations of second life users

• Main Authors: Almario, Andrea B., Go, Kimberly U., Medalla, Teodoro H.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2010
• Subjects: Virtual reality; Human-computer interaction; Avatars (Computer graphics); Shared virtual environments; Interactive multimedia
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/8631
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study explores the different intrinsic and extrinsic motivations to join and continued participation of users in the virtual environment of Second Life (SL) and their real life implications in terms of psychological need fulfillment. A conveniently chosen sample of 15 participants were intervie...