Category Archives: Virtual Worlds

IBM’s 5 trends for the coming virtual workplace

Here’s that list from 03/19/08 from Mike Rhodin  of IBM Lotus that references 5 trends to embrace in the virtual workplace.The press release is here: http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=834515&sourceType=1  Here’s my own description of them: 1) “The Virtual Workplace will become the rule.” … Continue reading

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IBM and Forterra team up: “Unified Communications”

There were big announcements over the last couple of days that IBM and Forterra are teaming up to create collaboration tools for intelligence agencies. Both companies (IBM on 01/22/07 and Forterra on 06/25/07) have presented at the Virtual World SIG … Continue reading

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Second Life + Augmented Reality = Avatars among us

Here it is, what we have discussed at the SIG before, a mixing of RL and SL and representation of both on screen of some kind. These folks at Georgia Institute of Technology (http://arsecondlife.gvu.gatech.edu/index.html) show how avatars and humans, both … Continue reading

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