"Indie" game engines do not have the stability/past performance record to achieve the required stability for professional applications. Factors of security, functionality, re-usability. tutorials, user knowledge has been acquired and built for over 10 years. Why try to invent the wheel; just find new ways to use it, is the challange now. Costs; we can provide a be-spoke VW using web.alive from £25K and can host for around £1K/Month for 20 peak port users. Why bother to create your own?
see http://mellanium.co.uk/application-areas.php
There are many ways serious groups (academic, enterprise, etc.) can use virtual worlds to work together. Let's discuss some of the practical aspects of this, especially Web 2.0 tools available for distance-collaboration.
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