Social Research Foundation Survey Shows Increase in Professional Use for Second Life

There's an increase in interest for professional use. That includes networking, researching, and running a Second Life business as well as conducting real-life business. via Virtual Worlds News: Social Research Foundation Survey Shows Increase in Professional Use for Second Life >> Full study on Metanomics.net by Robert Bloomfield: Professionals see their future in Second Life

Investor’s Business Daily: A Whole New Dimension (for online 3D virtual worlds)

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. … Investor’s Business Daily: A Whole New Dimension (for online 3D virtual worlds) weiterlesen

IBM integrates Lotus SameTime with virtual worlds – does it make sense?

Probably not with a heavy-wight client like Second Life (OpenSim, like shown here) but I think this video shows quite nicely how virtual meeting spaces could some day soon be integrated in our current individual business workflows. >> IBM Drinks Second Life Kool-Aid, Makes More For Lotus Users (IBM).

Training und Kollaboration in 3D-Welten

managerSeminare hat heute einen Artikel veröffentlicht über die vielfältigen Möglichkeiten für Unternehmen, virtuelle Welten für Themen wie Weiterbildung, Teambuilding und internationale Kollaboration zu nutzen. Schöne Einführung in das Thema für Manager und Personalleiter, die sich mit dem Thema noch nicht befasst haben. Ich plane und konzipiere ja solche Maßnahmen - Corporate Training - regelmäßig für … Training und Kollaboration in 3D-Welten weiterlesen