Nicolas Ducheneaut and a team of reserchers at the famed Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) are making virtual worlds more lifelike. Dr. Ducheneaut, a member of the research staff of PARC's computer science lab and a 2003 graduate of the UC Berkeley School of Information, has spent nearly three years analyzing and developing systems that would make online games more attractive to players.
For more information, see the News.com article on the group's research.