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The Virtual Worlds Group is a new consultancy with a mission to produce highly interative online materials that everyone can use, enjoy, learn and profit from. We:

Web-enable existing applications;
Design and build Web sites and e-learning applications, often utilising Web-based simulations;
Analyse, model and display large and complex data sets;
Build sophisticated simulation models.

We have long experience in these fields, gained developing successful services for commercial companies, the media, academia, and researchers, experience which has given us a unique combination of skills. Can we do what you need? Read more about us below, or use the links to go straight to the appropriate section. Do contact us if you want to know more about our services.

New Summer 2007: Simulation models of Five African Economies

For the last two years. we've been involved in a wide ranging project organised by the United Nations to help build microsimulation capacity in Africa. Models were built by teams from the countries themselves; Virtual Worlds role in this was to supply training and Web- enable the finished models. Work starts on a new tranche of African models in February 2008.

New January 2008: ADRS Online - Massively parallel processing economic simulations online

In our most technically challenging project yet, the first of four multi-period on-line simulation models of the South African economy is launched.

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НОВЫЙ! DARTS - a model for the Distributional Analysis of the Russian Tax and Transfer System

Now online is a web-enabled model of the Russian Tax and Transfer System, built by Virtual Worlds for the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations.

Be a CEO

In our new Maze Green Yachts simulation, you become Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a major international yacht manufacturer. The shareholders are looking to you to run the company as profitably as possible during your three year term. Your job is to keep the company afloat, installing new technologu and competing with increasing foreign competition.

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New December 2007: Virtual Worlds Microsimulation Models - Modelling Legal Aid

Virtual Worlds have recently completed microsimulation models of the Scottish and Northern Irish Legal Aid systems, using the Family Resources Survey as data. These model entitlements in great detail, and have sophisticated costs and takeup models which use disaggregated data on legal aid claims and payments, as well as unique optimisation routines which automatically find the best solutions for some combination of entitlements and costs.