Tag Archives: virtual meetings

Tue, Jul 20 2010
Teleplace adds Sharepoint integration

Teleplace adds Sharepoint integration

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Enterprise virtual world vendor added support for the Microsoft Sharepoint service, the company announced today. Teleplace is one of the leading providers of enterprise-grade, behind-the-firewall, fully... 

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Mon, Jul 19 2010
Media-on-a-prim coming to OpenSim in two months

Media-on-a-prim coming to OpenSim in two months

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Earlier this year, Linden Lab released Second Life Viewer 2 which, though it had a large number of usability problems, also offered one huge advantage for business and education users: the ability to put... 

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Fri, Jul 9 2010
The grid is another country

The grid is another country

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For the past year that I’ve been attending meetings in Second Life and OpenSim, I’ve been thinking of the virtual platforms as another kind of collaboration tool. I compare it to Web-based... 

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Mon, May 17 2010
ProtonMedia, RWD partner to bring 3D to HR

ProtonMedia, RWD partner to bring 3D to HR

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Press Release: Enterprise Human Capital Management Goes 3-D RWD Technologies, LLC and ProtonMedia forge partnership to deliver world’s first 3-D immersive workplace for human capital management BALTIMORE... 

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Thu, May 6 2010
Cisco Virtual wins Grand Ex Award

Cisco Virtual wins Grand Ex Award

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Press Release: Cisco Virtual and Hybrid Events Take Top Honors with Grand Ex Award Cisco Sweeps Global Event Awards Program With Virtual Events in Two Categories and Takes Top Honors Among All Global... 

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Wed, Apr 21 2010
Analyst: Immersive workplaces may take a longer time

Analyst: Immersive workplaces may take a longer time

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Early mainstream adoption of enterprise immersive software will most probably not take place in 2013 because of issues regarding the ease of use and the scalability of those immersive environments. That... 

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Wed, Apr 21 2010
Gartner names ProtonMedia ‘Cool Vendor’

Gartner names ProtonMedia ‘Cool Vendor’

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Press Release: ProtonMedia Named “Cool Vendor in the High-Performance Workplace” by Leading Analyst Firm Vendors selected for the “Cool Vendor” report are Innovative, Impactful,... 

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Thu, Apr 15 2010
Joys and dangers of work avatars

Joys and dangers of work avatars

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If you’re a business manager considering rolling out virtual workspaces, you may think that an avatar identity is nothing more than yet another user account, the login credentials for a particular... 

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Sun, Apr 11 2010
Planning for a virtual future

Planning for a virtual future

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There are few things worse than making a large investment in technology only to find out a couple of years later that the rest of the world has decided to go in a different direction. Not only do you now... 

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Fri, Mar 26 2010
Law firm holds meetings, training in Second Life

Law firm holds meetings, training in Second Life

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New Orleans law firm Jones Walker has been conducting meetings and training programs in Second Life, the company announced this month. “We created office space where we could conduct meetings, make presentations,... 

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Thu, Mar 25 2010
VenueGen Launches Browser-Based 3D Business Meeting Platform

VenueGen Launches Browser-Based 3D Business Meeting Platform

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Press Release: First On-Demand, Photo-realistic Virtual Meetings & Events Platform Launches at DEMO Spring 2010 March 22 /PRNewswire/ — [DEMO Spring 2010]  Today, VenueGen (www.venuegen.com)... 

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Sat, Mar 20 2010
Designing for virtual visitors

Designing for virtual visitors

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In the last couple of weeks we’ve been traveling all over the hypergrid, here at Hypergrid Business, as preparation for the launch of our Hypergrid Worlds directory of hypergrid destinations. And... 

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Wed, Mar 17 2010
Teleplace focuses on app sharing

Teleplace focuses on app sharing

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When business users get together for a virtual meeting, they’re not interested in showing off the latest dance moves or hairstyles – they want to share PowerPoint presentations, work together on... 

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Thu, Mar 4 2010
COMDEX goes virtual

COMDEX goes virtual

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PRESS RELEASE: Introducing the New COMDEX, the Next Generation in Virtual Events Creating a Global Connection for the Technology Sales Community Framingham, MA, March 4, 2010 – Everything Channel,... 

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Mon, Mar 1 2010
Gronstedt to discuss virtual strategic planning

Gronstedt to discuss virtual strategic planning

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Anders Gronstedt, president of the Gronstedt Group, presents a case study about how high-level executives make some of their biggest decisions in Second Life today at 2 p.m. Pacific, 5 p.m. Eastern time... 

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Sun, Feb 28 2010
Five mistakes of hybrid events

Five mistakes of hybrid events

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Last week I attended two conferences simultaneously, one in Cancun, Mexico (MPI Meet Different) and the other in Santa Clara, Ca. (Virtual Edge Summit)  Such is the life of a virtual traveler!  While... 

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Fri, Feb 26 2010
ThinkBalm distillery helps firms choose virtual world vendor

ThinkBalm distillery helps firms choose virtual world vendor

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Press Release: ThinkBalm’s “The Distillery” — an immersive technology selection experience Source: ThinkBalm What do whiskey and enterprise immersive software have in common? Not much, unless... 

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Wed, Feb 24 2010
Virtual worlds pose compliance risks

Virtual worlds pose compliance risks

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The very aspects of virtual world that make them appealing to some enterprise users, such as the collaboration tools, also make them risky from a compliance perspective. These risks include the communication... 

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Mon, Feb 15 2010
Five questions for Caleb Booker

Five questions for Caleb Booker

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(Image courtesy Caleb Booker.) Today, online events producer Caleb Booker debuts a new video series devoted to, and filmed entirely inside, virtual worlds. The program, “Virtual Worlds Keynote,”... 

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Tue, Feb 9 2010
Team Bonding with a Virtual Workforce

Team Bonding with a Virtual Workforce

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(Image courtesy Jason Christensen.) A growing number of companies are instituting virtual workforces allowing the employees to be closer to their customers and working in a remote environment. These remote... 

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Thu, Jan 21 2010
3Di offers free online meetings

3Di offers free online meetings

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Press Release: 3Di, Inc. LAUNCHES FREE “3Di IMMERSIVE SEMINAR ” PUBLIC BETA SERVICE 3Di, Inc. Opens Online Seminar Service Using Avatars And 3D Virtual Worlds Free For Beta Testers 3Di, Inc.,... 

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Tue, Jan 19 2010
ThinkBalm compares 3D enterprise platforms

ThinkBalm compares 3D enterprise platforms

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Press Release: ThinkBalm Publishes Enterprise Immersive Software Selection Guide Today, industry analyst firm ThinkBalm published “The Enterprise Immersive Software Decision-Making Guide.” This report... 

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Thu, Jan 14 2010
Power users holding back Second Life?

Power users holding back Second Life?

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Second Life is being held back by an “elite group” of users, according to Forrester Research, Inc. analyst Tom Grant. There is an ” Iron Law of Oligarchy,” Grant wrote this week.... 

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Wed, Jan 13 2010
Hotel magnate launches 3D meeting venue

Hotel magnate launches 3D meeting venue

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Training company Immercio Ltd. is launching a full-service corporate training and meeting facility this month for small and medium-sized businesses on January 17. The facility has two locations – in... 

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Mon, Dec 21 2009
Why freebies are good for virtual designers

Why freebies are good for virtual designers

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As OpenSim-based social grids continue to grow, Second Life content designers are understandably worried about the free content floating around these grids — content which may have been ripped off... 

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Mon, Dec 21 2009
Imagining meeting spaces

Imagining meeting spaces

A Virtual Immersive Environment is Not a Parallel Universe, It is an Alternative Reality. While it is possible to make a 3D virtual immersive environment (VIE) look exactly (or pretty darn close) to your... 

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Sat, Dec 19 2009
Virtual worlds cut commutes

Virtual worlds cut commutes

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Bernhard Drax (s Draxtor Despres in Second Life) has produced a nice report about using virtual worlds to cut down telecommuting time — and create a greener work place.  ...

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Fri, Dec 4 2009
A hybrid model for global sales meetings

A hybrid model for global sales meetings

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One year ago (nearly to this day), Cisco Systems announced the cancellation of their annual “Global Sales Meeting” – in a statement, Cisco CEO John Chambers was quoted: In almost all instances for... 

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Fri, Nov 27 2009
Presence in immersive collaboration

Presence in immersive collaboration

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On Thursday, I experienced a wonderful example of effective training in Second Life.  During the weekly Train For Success meetup, Mark Jankowski of Virtual Training Partners conducted a portion of his... 

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Sat, Aug 29 2009
Virtual Events: Available In Many Flavors

Virtual Events: Available In Many Flavors

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In Virtual Events Year In Review: 2009, I summarized key trends that I witnessed in the virtual events industry this year. The trends for 2009 included global adoption, emergence of new industries (as... 

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Thu, Aug 27 2009
Virtual Events: Year In Review 2009

Virtual Events: Year In Review 2009

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(Image courtesy InXpo.) Coming into this year, I considered 2009 a taking-off point for the virtual events industry.  Sure, virtual events and virtual tradeshows have been around for some time, but I... 

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Wed, Aug 26 2009
The ‘Pablo Picasso’ of virtual meetings

The ‘Pablo Picasso’ of virtual meetings

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Corporate Planners Unlimited, Inc. is not only a meeting and events company – it is also a travel agency. So it might be strange that president Dan Parks is promoting a way to hold meetings and conferences... 

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Fri, Aug 21 2009
Private grids, public grids, and intragrids

Private grids, public grids, and intragrids

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I occasionally get announcements or news from new grids running on the OpenSim platform, but they require the creation of a new avatar to visit. I don’t personally have anything against these kinds... 

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Thu, Jul 16 2009
Sex king takes on the hypergrid

Sex king takes on the hypergrid

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The battle for the future of the 3D Web is about to get hot… and steamy. Utherverse CEO tells us that he’s planning to launch an all-out attack against the other virtual world platforms out... 

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Wed, Jul 15 2009
IBM: four OpenSim regions for $50,000

IBM: four OpenSim regions for $50,000

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The $50,000 price tag might scare off smaller customers, but IBM’s Lotus Sametime 3D product is designed to help large enterprises start holding virtual meetings. The product – released at the... 

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Sun, Jun 28 2009
First day in OpenSim can be painful

First day in OpenSim can be painful

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When you first open up an OpenSim browser – Hippo, for example — it seems pretty straightforward. Logging in is a snap, just type your name and password. But once you log in, it’s a different... 

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Sat, Jun 27 2009
From Madrid to Shanghai via OpenSim

From Madrid to Shanghai via OpenSim

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My first time in OpenSim was on May 22, 2009, when my internship program put me in contact with my new boss. She suggested that I download Hippo so that we could meet at the company’s virtual offices... 

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Fri, Jun 26 2009
IBM’s new meeting platform based on OpenSim

IBM’s new meeting platform based on OpenSim

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IBM officially released its Lotus Sametime 3D collaboration product this week. The product is based on the OpenSim opensource virtual world server software, an IBM spokeswoman confirmed to Hypergrid Business... 

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Mon, Jun 15 2009
My Hypergrid Wishlist

My Hypergrid Wishlist

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Having a held a few business meetings in OpenSim over the past few weeks, several staff trainings, I’m getting a better idea of the features I would like to see added to OpenSim. I’m not complaining... 

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Sat, Jun 13 2009
Get yourself up on the hypergrid

Get yourself up on the hypergrid

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[Update: You can browse all hypergrid-enabled public OpenSim grids with Hyperica, the directory of hypergrid destinations. Directory indexes more than 100 shopping and freebie store locations. Updated... 

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Wed, Jun 3 2009
What is the difference between Second Life and OpenSim?

What is the difference between Second Life and OpenSim?

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When I show people around OpenSim, the first question they ask is: “So this is like Second Life? Only worse?” Which is a valid question. Any particular OpenSim world — like, say, OSGrid,... 

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Mon, Jun 1 2009
Is SecondLife an alternative for OpenSim users?

Is SecondLife an alternative for OpenSim users?

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These last couple of weeks have been problematic for many of us using OpenSim. The OSGrid, in particular, has had more than its share of downtime as a result of ongoing software upgrades, and links between... 

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Fri, May 29 2009
ReactionGrid hosts own virtual world, private grids

ReactionGrid hosts own virtual world, private grids

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This week, ReactionGrid has released its $8,950 Banbury virtual world server, for those who want to physically own their own virtual universe. But for customers willing to let their virtual worlds be managed... 

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Tue, May 26 2009
Will you miss the next Internet boom?

Will you miss the next Internet boom?

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I missed the first Internet investment boom. I was covering wars in Central Asia, but that’s no excuse. I could have invented Yahoo! — it started with a guy in his dorm room with a list of... 

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Mon, May 25 2009
Which virtual platform is best for business

Which virtual platform is best for business

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So you have decided that your company needs a virtual world platform. (Maybe you read our earlier article, “Do you need a virtual world?“) Here is how to select the rigtht platform. Do you... 

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Fri, May 22 2009
Singapore fund manager to hold virtual annual meeting

Singapore fund manager to hold virtual annual meeting

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The company is in Singapore. The owners are in Thailand, Moscow, and Shanghai. What’s the most convenient location for the annual corporate meeting? Hint: it’s got dragons, a spaceport, and... 

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Sun, May 17 2009
Hypergrid 101: Why its good for business

Hypergrid 101: Why its good for business

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[Update: You can browse all hypergrid-enabled public OpenSim grids with Hyperica, the directory of hypergrid destinations. Directory indexes more than 100 shopping and freebie store locations.... 

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Fri, May 15 2009
Hollywood producer wrestles with OpenSim

Hollywood producer wrestles with OpenSim

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Mike Joyce – that’s Michael R. Joyce on imdb.com – is a Hollywood producer. You may have heard of him from such projects as “Battlestar Galactica” and “Jewel of the Nile.” “The kind... 

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Thu, May 14 2009
Web access lacking in some virtual worlds

Web access lacking in some virtual worlds

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Virtual worlds can be difficult to access, with most of the popular ones — such as Second Life and games like World of Warcraft — requiring the installation of special software. The new OpenSim-based... 

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Wed, May 13 2009
Do you need a virtual world?

Do you need a virtual world?

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Few companies today actually need a virtual world — but yours could be one of them. Here’s how to tell. Are you in the education business? Take for example, Tom Hood, president of the Maryland... 

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