Economics of the Metaverse at George Mason University

Kevin McCabe, director of the Center for the Study of Neuroeconomics
and professor of economics, law and neuroscience at George Mason
University, teaches Economics of the Metaverse (ECON 496), a course in
which lessons, field trips and presentations are completed from within
the virtual world.

The class is conducted using a program similar to Second Life, a
three-dimensional social networking world that employs avatars to
communicate with other users. During the course, students participate
in experiments where they trade virtual goods with other students.