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Personal/Corporate Virtual Worlds
There is a growing trend toward more personalized virtual worlds. There are several reasons for this:
1.) Greater control of the environment (Users, access)
2.) Data security
3.) Usability
4.) Reliability
5.) Focus
Currently, Second Life is not on the best vector for addressing some of these issues although it still remains a good platform for public facing initiatives, community building, and customer “friendly” interaction.
Corporate use has some additional needs that are being addressed by a number of other players. Some examples of corporate use and need would be:
1.) Private, secure multi-site meetings (intranet or B2B).
2.) Easy access (via the web or a simple client)
3.) 3D presentations (animated an static)
4.) 3D Design collaboration
5.) 3D data visualization
6.) 3D Walk-throughs (i.e. plant layout, new building)
7.) RL/VW integration
8.) Persisted team war-rooms, “museums”, virtual stock rooms or other 3D spaces that exist in the real world.
9.) Externally accessible Trade show type displays
10.) Machinima creation
Below is my current list of personal, private or portable virtual worlds. It’s a long list as the industry is still maturing. So expect rapid change, consolidation and lots of beta software.
0. Active Worlds http://www.activeworlds.com
1. OpenSim http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page
2. Croquet http://www.opencroquet.org/index.php/Main_Page
3. Qwaq http://www.qwaq.com/
4. MPK20/Wonderland http://research.sun.com/projects/mc/mpk20.html
5. Metaverse http://metaverse.sourceforge.net/
6. Forterra http://www.forterrainc.com/
7. VastPark http://www.vastpark.com/
8. ProtonMedia http://www.protonmedia.com/
9. Multiverse http://www.multiverse.net/
1.) Greater control of the environment (Users, access)
2.) Data security
3.) Usability
4.) Reliability
5.) Focus
Currently, Second Life is not on the best vector for addressing some of these issues although it still remains a good platform for public facing initiatives, community building, and customer “friendly” interaction.
Corporate use has some additional needs that are being addressed by a number of other players. Some examples of corporate use and need would be:
1.) Private, secure multi-site meetings (intranet or B2B).
2.) Easy access (via the web or a simple client)
3.) 3D presentations (animated an static)
4.) 3D Design collaboration
5.) 3D data visualization
6.) 3D Walk-throughs (i.e. plant layout, new building)
7.) RL/VW integration
8.) Persisted team war-rooms, “museums”, virtual stock rooms or other 3D spaces that exist in the real world.
9.) Externally accessible Trade show type displays
10.) Machinima creation
Below is my current list of personal, private or portable virtual worlds. It’s a long list as the industry is still maturing. So expect rapid change, consolidation and lots of beta software.
0. Active Worlds http://www.activeworlds.com
1. OpenSim http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page
2. Croquet http://www.opencroquet.org/index.php/Main_Page
3. Qwaq http://www.qwaq.com/
4. MPK20/Wonderland http://research.sun.com/projects/mc/mpk20.html
5. Metaverse http://metaverse.sourceforge.net/
6. Forterra http://www.forterrainc.com/
7. VastPark http://www.vastpark.com/
8. ProtonMedia http://www.protonmedia.com/
9. Multiverse http://www.multiverse.net/
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Comment by Mark Burhop on April 3, 2008 at 8:45pm -
And maybe I should put Second Life back on the list:
http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/02/ibm-and-linden-lab-to-create-enterprise-safe-virtual-worlds/
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Comment by Digado on March 28, 2008 at 1:30pm - Yes it does, you actually buy the world, its your property and could even rename it 'Burhop World' and never mention Active Worlds again.
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Comment by Mark Burhop on March 28, 2008 at 1:12pm
- Digado.... I don't know what you are talking about. Active Worlds is on the top of the list. #0 :-)
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Comment by Mark Burhop on March 28, 2008 at 1:09pm
- Thanks Digado. It seems to be a dynamic list for me. Does Active Worlds let me run my own server? That is, if I had my own separate network, could I use it?
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Comment by Digado on March 28, 2008 at 1:00pm
- Siemens already has a world in Active Worlds (from back in 1998 I think) :) And it depends on your goals Xaver, each world has its own advantages and drawbacks.
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Comment by Digado on March 28, 2008 at 12:54pm
- Think you missed the market leader Active Worlds there. Trough white label licenses it owns more serverspace than any of these in private, closed environments.
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Comment by Xaver Inglin on March 28, 2008 at 12:42pm -
... and ... what is your prefered one? ... wouldn't want to install all that stuff.
Is there a private virtual world we could use for Siemens?
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