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August 12, 2009
Forterra OLIVE Virtual World Reviewed
Glenn Engstrand, President of Dynamical Software Inc., recently highlighted the value of virtual worlds for enterprise collaboration and price competitiveness of Forterra OLIVE in particular. He also favorably compared the user experience to Second Life as better for enterprise users - something I've been saying from the beginning!
It's great to have another independent voice articulate the benefits of using OLIVE for enterprise collaboration!
You can read his original blog posting on the Toolbox for IT Knowledge Management Community (looks very intersting!) here.
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August 10, 2009
Serious Virtual Worlds Conference 17 September
We are running the 3rd annual Serious Virtual Worlds Conference with partners Serious Games Institute on 17 September in Coventry. This year it will be held at the Serious Games Institute itself so a great opportunity to visit and network.
The theme this year is 'Real Value for Public and Private Organizations' so all presentations will feature real projects and clients rather than a mix of experimental, developmental and early results as highlighted before (you can view the video archive of these here (Select tab SVW08 for last year, select tab SGI for previous year which is mixed with other presentations that year at SGI).
There is a great range of virtual world applications being discussed featuring BP, Afiniti, StatOil, Highways Agency, Coventry University Disaster Management and more.
More information and registration is here: http://seriousvirtualworlds.net/
Twitter: #svw09
We are also running a 1/2 day workshop on the day before (16 September) for those new to enterprise applications of virtual worlds. The price is only 99 pounds!
Here's the workshop overview:
Wondering how a virtual world works and how to operate in one?
This practical workshop introduces you to a variety of Virtual Worlds and applications
During the half day session you will be:
· Introduced to Virtual Worlds and how they work
· Shown how to navigate virtual worlds
· Introduced to a variety of application examples including events, meetings, training and visualization.
· Provided with an overview of the key differences in leading serious virtual worlds
Virtual World experts Ambient Performance will be on hand to demonstrate and assist, giving information about how
Virtual Worlds can cut costs, offer new ways of working and support innovation.
Schedule:
14.00 Introducing Virtual Worlds
14.15 Hands-on Session 1: Navigating in Virtual Worlds
14.45 A Tour of Established Virtual Worlds
15.15 Hands-on Session 2: Collaborating in Serious Virtual Worlds
16.00 TEA
16.15 Professional Uses of Virtual Worlds – an overview
17.00 Hands-on Session 3: Using Virtual Worlds Professionally
17.30 Deploying Serious Virtual Worlds in the Enterprise and Public Sectors – Q&A.
18.00 Close
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