1. Virtual metaplasticity (Ars metaplastica) / Gianluca Mura -- 2. The metaplastic virtual world theory / Gianluca Mura -- 3. The tangiality of digital media / Paul Catanese, Joan Truckenbrod -- 4. Pervasive virtual worlds / Everardo Reyes-García -- 5. Semantic entities in virtual worlds / Vadim Slavin, Diane Love -- 6. Humanness, elevated through its disappearance / Jeffrey Morris -- 7. The Meditation Chamber / Chris Shaw, Diane Gromala, Meehae Song -- 8. A behavior model based on personality and emotional intelligence for virtual humans / Héctor Orozco ... [et al.] -- 9. The virtual world of Cerberus / Jocelyne Kiss ... [et al.] -- 10. Learning from Baroque / Carola Moujan -- 11. Synthetic worlds, synthetic strategies / Elif Ayiter -- 12. Kritical art works in Second Life / Dew Harrison, Denise Doyle -- 13. Digital media and the quest for the spiritual in art / Ina Chavez -- 14. Plastika [Totipotenta] / Catherine Nyeki -- 15. Spatial design and physical interface in virtual worlds / Hidenori Watanave -- 16. The City of Abadyl / Michael Johansson -- 17. Social and citizenship competencies in a multiuser virtual game / Germǹ Mejía, Felipe Londoño, Paula Escandón.