3. How do virtual worlds work -- in 20 seconds or less? Avatar - an avatar is a representative of you in a virtual world. Avatars can meet and interact with other avatars in a 3D environment
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7. Take the video tour… Virtual Collaboration for Lotus Sametime video tour (youtube) http://tinyurl.com/m3ncgq
8. In world components (flip chart, presentation and video viewer available in all three venues) Presentation/video/flip charts Brainstorming area Interactive polling Planning wall Action items Image viewer
You can see yourself, and others You can connect with people around the world You can see and interact with others in a way that is different from teleconference calls and webcasts You can create and share materials with others in real time, people can watch you go through a process, a design etc You can simulate real activities some of which you can’t safely simulate in real life It is not just a meeting… it is an experience. You have a sense of Presence & Reputation Space & Scale Practice & Simulation Blending of Place Co-Creation & Collaboration Self & Anonymity Enrichment of Experience
HR: remote employee meetings, mentoring sessions, training and education Strategy orgs: strategic planning activities, process re-engineering discussions IT department/development teams : requirements prioritization discussion, project reviews Sales: Project Room/“War room” for client projects, proposal development Support: “ Crit sit” issue resolution communications space Auto companies : especially Asian based -- highly collaborative in nature – can use for everything auto design discussions to competitive analysis to IT team collaboration Media Companies: Pre-production planning sessions Project office function: Project managers who need to manage plan/projects for disperse teams IT departments: I nternal clients needs for collaboration, strategic planning, project office needs that can be supported with Sametime 3D Consulting firms: visioning workshops, facilitated sessions