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December 17, 2007
Enterprise Virtual Worlds Presentation and Poll Data
I did a few informal polls during my presentation last week to the eLearning Guild on Enterprise Virtual Worlds.
There were as many as 55 people online at once, and about 35 when I did this poll:
Poll 1 - How often do you play online multiplayer games and/or visit virtual worlds?
Haven’t tried 17
Occasionally 14
Often 4
(this suggests to me that people are still very new to exploring virtual worlds and networked game environments but have heard enough to be interested - vs being a gamer and seeing applications themselves.)
Poll 2 - Which of the following Virtual World platforms have you heard of? (check all that apply)
Second Life 34
There 7
Active Worlds 7
Forterra Systems OLIVE 2
Qwaq 0
Protosphere 6
Multiverse 3
(This suggests to me that there is a need to better explain the range and important differences of virtual world platforms targeted at enterprise use (Forterra Systems OLIVE, Qwaq, Protosphere and others ranking much higher in evaluations for internal business use - see my recent post on this here)).
Poll 3 - Is your organisation experimenting with virtual worlds now? (e.g. Second Life, Forterra Systems OLIVE, Qwaq)
Yes 7
No 26
(I asked this question twice, asking the first time if their companies were considering virtual worlds for their enterprise, about half said they were showing growing interest and activities but you have to take it with a grain of salt, they signed up for the session because they already had interest). 20% actively doing something with virtual worlds in their companies is pretty amazing when you consider where we were a year ago.
Poll 4 - Is your Organization Considering Virtual Worlds for: (check all that apply)
Training 15
Collaboration 8
Marketing 2
Product Design/Prototyping 0
Not considering it yet 8
(That training was selected 2:1 to collaboration probably better reflects the eLearning Guild audience of training professionals vs. the lines of business and IT professionals inquiring about Enterprise Virtual Worlds with us which is more often a conversation about collaboration first, then training second.)
Posted by Ron Edwards at December 17, 2007 05:56 PM
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