Tag Archive for 'virtual environments'

Walk the Theater of Pompey Online

Just a quick mention of Ann Wuyts marvelous write-up about a 3D rendering of Rome’s Theatrum Pompeium that you can wander around with an avatar without having to sign up for anything. Give it a try. Museums and history classes are transforming faster than we could have predicted…

2pm Today: Dell Takes Local Events Global

Laura P Thomas, Social Media Strategist, Dell Events are a great way to create word of mouth marketing, but taking them to a worldwide audience is expensive. Using immersive virtual world technologies you can expand your local event to a global audience without breaking the budget. Today at 2pm Pacific Virtual Worlds Keynote will be [...]

Today’s VWK Event: From Contact to Client

Ernie C Young, Head Coach, SalesTeam East LLC Want to know how to leverage Second Life to get new clients? Today’s guest is sales guru Ernie Young presenting: “Moving From Contact to Client in Second Life – Finding a Sales Process to Gain and Keep Customers for Life”. If you’ve ever had an interest in [...]

Innovation Trumps Technology

This is a blog about how new technology solves problems for business. In order to make that meaningful, however, I need to keep a sharp eye out for moments where we’re getting a little carried away with our philosophy. Take, for instance, these two viral videos: Lady Gaga Telephone (Pomplamoose cover) See also Single Ladies [...]

Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world

Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds, and incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this gamer power to solve real-world problems? Jane McGonigal says we can, and explains how. One of the biggest challenges I have always faced in my efforts to broaden the [...]