For a lot of people, politics, corporate strategy and philosophy are the sort of topics that lead to thoughts of using a cheese-grater on an inner thigh. If you're a cubicle jockey in an office, or someone questioning their existence in the meatspace, then WoW may be able to help. When I say help, I don't mean in the 'yep I'll call in sick and play WoW for three days straight … [Read more...] about World of Warcraft, your boss and succeeding at work
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The reverse argument for virtual worlds in the enterprise
With thanks to Tateru Nino for the heads up, this machinima just about perfectly encapsulates the tug-of-war within the enterprise in regards to adoption of virtual worlds as a collaborative tool. It's an incisive piece that strips bare some of the stereotypes and barriers put forward by business as 'arguments' against utilising virtual worlds in their operations. It's the … [Read more...] about The reverse argument for virtual worlds in the enterprise
Surfing the virtual world hype
Riding the hype wave of a new technology with a “world-first” isn’t exactly unusual. We’ve seen this a lot with Second Life, right? But there’s actually other, more interesting lessons to be learned. Firstly, the newspapers and magazines don’t really check if you’re first, so if you want you can just copy what someone else is doing. This happened a whole heck of a lot. If … [Read more...] about Surfing the virtual world hype
Interview – Simon Newstead, CEO of Frenzoo
Back in May, we covered Frenzoo, a fashion-centric world with a lot of promise. Since that time, Frenzoo has continue to grow and has received further funding to continue its development. CEO Simon Newstead is an expatriate Australian based in Hong Kong, and I took the opportunity to get some insight into Frenzoo's progress and future plans. He also discusses the role of … [Read more...] about Interview – Simon Newstead, CEO of Frenzoo
Swine Flu (H1N1) and business continuity: Forterra’s solution
It's fairly well recognised now that virtual environments provide a powerful collaboration solution for business -it's just widespread adoption that's yet to occur as real-world ROI cases are still fairly sparse. Forterra Systems are a virtual worlds provider we've covered a few times before, and their focus is very much business and government. With the recent concern over … [Read more...] about Swine Flu (H1N1) and business continuity: Forterra’s solution