Short presentation explaining evolution of natural ecosystems coming from nature. And now we are starting to see same type of ecosystems forming all around us - business, education, digital, 3D worlds...

1. Creation of an Open Ecosystem for 3D worlds
EVOLUTION
FROM .. TO ?

2. 2 Things: The Challenge
 The biggest challenge businesses face today is
unlearning what was successful in the
industrial age and learning how to prosper in
the network era.
 By Jay Cross

3. 2 Things: The Solution
 There can be little doubt that learning to apply
lessons from Biology to Technology and
Economy will usher in a remarkable era of
innovation and growth
 Stuart A. Kauffman

4. What happens when we decide
we want something Better than
something old we have?

5. Maybe Nothing?

6. Or
a bunch of smart people will
get it for us?

7. CHANGE ???

8. Revolution ???

9. I personally think
Evolution

10. Most Recent Examples…

11. Most Recent Examples…
• OpenSim

12. Most Recent Examples…
• OpenSim
• Creative Commons

13. Most Recent Examples…
• OpenSim
• Creative Commons
• Open Source

14. Most Recent Examples…
• OpenSim
• Creative Commons
• Open Source
• Digg, Wikipedia …

15. Ecosystems
 What ?
 Why ?
 How ?

16. What: Ecosystem in general
 Collaborative
 Open and Transparent
 Self Organizing
 Always Evolving

17. What: Biological Ecosystem
 A biological community of interacting
organisms plus their physical environment

18. What: Business Ecosystem
 Business community of organizations and
interacting individuals in the business world

19. What: Business Ecosystem
 Business community of organizations and
interacting individuals in the business world
 Over time, they co-evolve their capabilities
and roles, and tend to align themselves with
the shared visions

20. What: Digital Ecosystem

21. What: Digital Ecosystem
 Digital infrastructure aimed at creating an
environment for networked organizations
that supports :

22. What: Digital Ecosystem
 Digital infrastructure aimed at creating an
environment for networked organizations
that supports :
 Cooperation & Collaboration

23. What: Digital Ecosystem
 Digital infrastructure aimed at creating an
environment for networked organizations
that supports :
 Cooperation & Collaboration
 Knowledge Sharing

24. What: Digital Ecosystem
 Digital infrastructure aimed at creating an
environment for networked organizations
that supports :
 Cooperation & Collaboration
 Knowledge Sharing
 Open and Adaptive technologies

25. What: Digital Ecosystem
 Digital infrastructure aimed at creating an
environment for networked organizations
that supports :
 Cooperation & Collaboration
 Knowledge Sharing
 Open and Adaptive technologies
 Evolutionary and Scalable business models

26. What’s next?
Business Ecosystem + Digital Ecosystem
=
Innovation Ecosystem
Or
Digital Business Ecosystem

27. What’s next?

28. Digital Ecosystems
People, Organizations, Businesses
Participants
Goods, Services & Applications
Infrastructure
Standards, Tools, Technologies
Environment

29. What: examples
 Second Life ?

30. What: examples
 Facebook ?

31. What: examples
 OpenSim ?

32. What: examples
 INTERNET ?

33. Ecosystems
 What ?
 Why ?
 How ?

34. Why Ecosystem?

35. Why Ecosystem?
 Billions of years of evolution
 Most effective form of management
 Truly fostering: Cooperation, Collaboration,
Open structure, Self Evolution …
Finally
 Isolated-solitary individuals can hardly stand
against an ecosystem!

36. Why Ecosystem?
 One company developing: too much to do
 Dev in an Ecosystem: everybody participates

37. Why Ecosystem?
 One company developing: too much to do
 Dev in an Ecosystem: everybody participates
 Solitary niche organizations: too small to..
 Collaborating organizations: grow in unity

38. Why Ecosystem?
 One company developing: too much to do
 Dev in an Ecosystem: everybody participates
 Solitary niche organizations: too small to..
 Collaborating organizations: grow in unity
 Ideas in isolated orgs: Come from few
 Ideas in Ecosystems : Generated by All

39. Why: link to metaverse?

40. Why: link to metaverse?
 Metaverse – is one ecosystem
metaverse
Participants
Infrastructure
Environment

41. Why: link to metaverse?
 Metaverse – is one growing up ecosystem
metaverse
Participants Time Participants
Infrastructure Time Infrastructure
Environment Time
Environment
1990’ies 2010

42. Believe in inevitability of
Ecosystems?


43. Ok, so What can I do next?
Either Ignore or Participate

44. Ecosystems
 What ?
 Why ?
 How ?

45. How: Creating an Environment
 Creating some technology?
 Creating services?

46. How: Creating an Environment
 Creating some technology?
 Creating services?
Solution:
 Open it up
 Open API’s, Protocols, Standards

47. How: Creating an Environment
 Creating some technology?
 Creating services?
Solution:
 Open it up
 Open API’s, Protocols, Standards
 Empower your users
 Allow more interoperability, cooperation

48. How: Creating Infrastructure
 Have existing services
 Creating Goods, Applications

49. How: Creating Infrastructure
 Have existing services
 Creating Goods, Applications
Solution:
 Use existing Open technologies/protocols
 Collaborate, Cooperate
 Embrace other services to Open Up

50. How: for every Participant
 Suggest new Ideas
 Help execute current ideas
 Embrace symbiotic relationships

51. My forecast
 An OPEN Digital Ecosystem for 3D worlds
will become a reality
 Sometime in 2010..2011

52. Times of change
IMAGINE: What will 3D worlds look like in :
2011?

53. Times of change
IMAGINE: What will 3D worlds look like in :
2019?

54. A call
Metaverse needs you:
What would [my name]
like to do
to make 3D worlds a better place?

55. How does metaLIFE fit in?
 Working on ALL 3 levels
metaLIFE
Participants
Infrastructure
Environment

56. How does metaLIFE fit in?
 Creating Empowering services for 3D worlds
 Open Grid-Wide Marketplace
 Social GeoTagging system
 Social Networking platform for 3D worlds

57. metaLIFE in future
 Open Up, Innovate & Collaborate
 Open standards, Protocols, API’s

58. metaLIFE in future
 Open Up, Innovate & Collaborate
 Open standards, Protocols, API’s
 Carefully design and Implement new systems
giving more power to people

59. metaLIFE in future
 Open Up, Innovate & Collaborate
 Open standards, Protocols, API’s
 Carefully design and Implement new systems
giving more power to people
 Listen -> Assess -> Act

60. Participate with metaLIFE
We can use your help doing all this!
 Have ideas for future developments?
 Can develop in 3D worlds?
 Want to cooperate with us?
 Come & Talk to us

61. Participate with metaLIFE
We can use your help doing all this!
 Have ideas for future developments?
 Can develop in 3D worlds?
 Want to cooperate with us?
 Come & Talk to us
 Let’s design Future together!

62. Thank you!
http://meta-LIFE.net
Robertas Visinskis
Amsterdam
2009