September 25, 2008 at 12:05 pm | In Future, Metaverse, Web3D | Leave a Comment
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Employee training and collaboration could well become the “killer apps” for the 3-D Web, says Colin Parris, IBM’s vice president of digital convergence. These online meetings do away with the huge cost and hassle of traveling to distant in-person meetings, he says.
Studies show that workers retain just 5% of what they’re taught in classrooms. That figure jumps to 50% for group discussions and 70% to 90% for simulation-based training, a natural fit for the 3-D Web.
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