Category Archives for "Blog Articles"
February 10, 2009
- in Blog Articles by Erica Driver
Virtual office: A window looking in on my world
Last month I ran a little experiment. For about two weeks I stayed logged into ReactionGrid to see if it would lead to valuable serendipitous interactions. (I wrote about this in the related article, Lightbulb moment: for serendipity, stay logged into the immersive environment.) What I found: staying logged into my virtual workplace made me feel […]
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January 23, 2009
- in Blog Articles by Erica Driver
IBM Lotus approach to Immersive Internet: partnering and professional services
IBM Research is a big proponent of the Immersive Internet, especially in the Digital Convergence business unit. But what about the IBM Software group – in particular, Lotus, which produces IBM’s enterprise collaboration software products? ThinkBalm’s theory about the enterprise immersive platforms market is that ultimately software companies that provide information worker infrastructure (like IBM) will deliver […]
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January 19, 2009
- in Blog Articles by Erica Driver
Lenovo pilots Nortel web.alive for innovation in customer experience
Nortel web.alive is an enterprise immersive platform currently in beta (general availability release date not yet announced). Nortel is targeting three use cases in large enterprises: enterprise collaboration, eLearning, and what it calls “assisted community eCommerce.” The company recently announced that PC manufacturer Lenovo is doing a web.alive pilot to support the sales process (see […]
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January 14, 2009
- in Blog Articles by Erica Driver
ThinkBalm Storytelling Series Issue #2: “End Death-By-Lecture: Tours, Not Speeches”
The ThinkBalm Innovation Community has been experimenting with a new form of immersive event: the “un-lecture.” An un-lecture is a 60- to 90-minute event during which four or five community members each deliver a 10-minute demo, tour, or presentation about something enterprise Immersive Internet-related that they have done or are working on. The purpose of […]
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January 6, 2009
- in Blog Articles by Erica Driver
Lightbulb moment: for serendipity, stay logged into the immersive environment
Yesterday I kicked off a little experiment and it ended up being an extraordinary day: for the first time I experienced what it really means to have a virtual office where associates stop by and unplanned interactions occur. It’s no small thing. Nearly a year ago when I was an analyst with Forrester Research I […]
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November 10, 2008
- in Blog Articles by Erica Driver
Recipe for a great 3D brainstorming session
In late October the ThinkBalm Innovation Community held its third brainstorming session. Sixteen members of this vibrant tribe gathered to discuss a question one of the community members (Leslie Pagel, VP of Customer Experience at Walker Information) was wrestling with: “What can I do to get newbie professionals started with Second Life?” Given that Leslie’s […]
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October 10, 2008
- in Blog Articles by Erica Driver
Second Life survey says: “Try it for work — you’ll like it”
The non-profit Social Research Foundation recently announced the results of its Second Life Annual Survey 2008, a Web-based survey of 1,258 Second Life residents who are part of the organization’s First Opinions Panel™. Thanks to Social Research Foundation, ThinkBalm was able to contribute a few questions about work-related usage of Second Life. Here are some […]
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August 26, 2008
- in Blog Articles by Erica Driver
ThinkBalm Innovation Community’s list of Twitterers worth following
Twitter has become an invaluable tool for me and many Immersive Internet advocates and implementers. It’s a great way to share information and insights and learn about projects others are working on. The ThinkBalm Innovation Community put its heads together and over a few-day period of time came up with a list of Twitterers we follow. We’ve […]
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August 20, 2008
- in Blog Articles by Erica Driver
The ThinkBalm Innovation Community has launched!
We are pleased to announce that today the ThinkBalm™ Innovation Community went live! The ThinkBalm Innovation Community is a new community dedicated to advancement of the Immersive Internet. The community, built on the Spigit™ serious game engine, is focused on work-related use of the Immersive Internet ― virtual worlds and campuses, immersive learning simulations, and […]
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July 21, 2008
- in Blog Articles by Sam Driver
A realism model for Immersive Internet apps: Part I
Some of the vendor briefings we’ve participated in during the last six weeks have led to some pretty intense philosophical discussions. How is “virtual” different from “real?” How is “real” different from “realistic?” These questions are important to work through not as ethereal brainteasers but because 1) many people call this category we cover “virtual […]
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