My experience with MUVE

I have my children to thank for the limited experience I have using  Multi-User Virtual Environments (MUVEs).  For over 2 years their worlds were VIRTUALLY expanded with their exposure to a game called MineCraft.  Here is what I know -- (and it's not much!)

• I know my kids and their friends built homes using a variety of colored cubes

• I know there were animals, objects and "block" people that existed in 3D -generated worlds

• I know they had artifacts to collect and certain things had different levels of power

• I'm pretty confident there were different game-playing levels

• I know that my kids and their friends were highly engaged in playing this game both by themselves and also with each other on the internet

I have never seen a librarian use one of these technologies but I can definitely see where there would be interest with incorporating the technology used in these games to engage young library users.