Power users holding back Second Life?
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. “Over time,...
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10 predictions for 2010
As 2009 comes to a close, and we can look back and see what happened this year, I’d like to make some predictions for what will happen next year. #1 – Consolidation continues throughout...
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...
Simulations are future of education
Virtual Worlds, Simulations, and Games for Education: A Unifying View I wrote this article for Innovate magazine a few months ago, to coincide with the release of Learning Online with Games, Simulations, and Virtual...
A hybrid model for global sales meetings
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 business...
Virtual events in 2010
Back in August, I jumped the gun a bit and wrote a “year in review” posting about virtual events. Now that we’re in December, I think it’s high time to peer into the Magic...
Presence in immersive collaboration
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 negotiations training course...
Business Process Modeling in Second Life
Social networking tools dominate communication over the web and this is not limited to sending simple messages between friends but can also include interaction and collaboration within virtual world environments such as Linden’s Second...
The Virtual Event Debrief
Philosopher and essayist George Santayana was quoted as saying: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” With virtual events, the “past” is fairly recent. However, the spirit of Santayana’s quote...
Business and education: virtual connections
From the very start of my educational consultancy over seven years ago, I have always trusted my gut instinct in business. I have always worked in the innovation field, often years before others, trialling...
Virtual Events: Available In Many Flavors
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 virtual...
Virtual Events: Year In Review 2009
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 felt 2009 would see enormous...
Invisible prims are not security
Guess what, the below is not security! “If we want to put a life-size prototype of our super-secret product in Second Life, then there are many creative ways we implement extra layers of security...
Reminder that virtual worlds start with community not technology
Many friends have asked me recently if I’ve seen Ameba? Apparently it’s a virtual world for older teenagers and young adults in Japan. Other than maybe it’s Japanese cute it isn’t much different from...
My brain recalls information in 3D
I frequently am tasked with recalling specific data points from the ThinkBalm Immersive Internet Business Value Study, Q2 2009 for client inquiries, presentations, press calls, and blog posts. I can’t remember the exact numbers — my memory is sieve-like...
Joomla for the Metaverse
If Opensim is the Apache of the Metaverse, then what will be the Joomla of the Metaverse? This isn’t a idle or rhetorical question, it’s something which has to be answered if Metaverse solutions...
First day in OpenSim can be painful
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...
From Madrid to Shanghai via OpenSim
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...
How to choose a good OpenSim host
Update: Full, up-to-date list of OpenSim hosting providers is here. Running an OpenSimulator instance is a challenging prospect for many — there are a number of important criteria you should be looking at before...
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