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more on IBM to give birth to 'Second Life' business group
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 06:32:34 +0900
Begin forwarded message: From: Leon Kuunders <leon () kuunders info> Date: December 15, 2006 8:04:00 PM JST To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] IBM to give birth to 'Second Life' business group Reply-To: leon () kuunders info Hi David,It seems to be that all these hight-tech companies that make a run into the
Second-Life MP game are burning marketing budget for just a few users. Although the amount of users that have ever registered at SL is around 2million, the number of active users seems to be quite small. During 'business
hours' around 20000 concurrend user connections are active.I wonder how much is invested into the game and how that relates to income of
the avatars. Cheers, --Leon. David Farber wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> Date: December 13, 2006 9:01:27 AM JST To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>Subject: [Dewayne-Net] IBM to give birth to 'Second Life' business groupReply-To: dewayne () warpspeed com IBM to give birth to 'Second Life' business group By Stephen Shankland<http://news.com.com/IBM+to+give+birth+to+Second+Life+business +group/2100-1014_3-6143175.html>Story last modified Tue Dec 12 15:39:57 PST 2006 IBM will launch an official group in January to deal with Second Life and other virtual realms from which the company hopes to profit. Virtual reality and other visual interface work is the next project on IBM's plate, Irving Wladawsky-Berger said in an interview at CNET's Second Life offices. Wladawsky-Berger, vice president of technical strategy and innovation at IBM, led the company's response to earlier technologies that rewrote the rules of the computing industry, such as e-commerce and Linux. "I have been playing a strong role in helping us start our 3D Internet and virtual-world efforts. We are launching a new EBO in this area in January--that is, an emerging business opportunity--much like we did with Linux and the grid," Wladawsky-Berger said Tuesday. IBM believesthe virtual realm has potential for training, conferences and commerce,he said.Second Life, an online community run by a company called Linden Labs, isan electronic universe where people's virtual representations, calledavatars, can chat, fly, teleport, browse stores and purchase goods. IBMhas one public island on Second Life, a site named after and mimickingits Almaden Research Center near San Jose, Calif., but the company plansto open up 12 more by Monday. Second Life, not unlike blogging, has become a new trend amongtechnology companies hoping to show they're hip to the latest trends andthat believe they might benefit from direct connections to potential customers. In recent months, IBM rivals Dell and Sun Microsystems have launched Second Life offices and held activities. [snip] ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as leon () cvib nl To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting- people/
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