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Overcoming the Objection: 3D Virtual Worlds Look Too Much Like a Game

Kapp Notes

Here is some advice from Karen Keeter a marketing executive at IBM Research. Karen is working to define the emerging market IBM calls the "3-D Internet." Here is her advice when someone says that 3D worlds look too much like a game. Objection : It looks like a game. So what does this mean?

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Extending Virtual World Affordances

Clark Quinn

Chuck Hamilton presented on his (IBM’s) take on affordances on virtual worlds. I start with what I think are the core affordances of virtual worlds, that there’s a 3D world, that you can visit, and that’s digital. Tags: social virtual worlds. through the internet).

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Supercomputer's Win on Jeopardy: Little Comfort to Those.

Dashe & Thomson

Matt Blum at GeekDad wrote an article this week called Why Watson’s Jeopardy Win is Mostly Meaningless saying: IBM’s supercomputer software Watson’s win on the game show Jeopardy! A lot of people, apparently, agree. is little more than a publicity stunt. less big companies, for more than 20 years.

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Game Conference –Check Out this Games Conference

Kapp Notes

It would be well worth your time if you are interested in serious games for learning. 50+ Speakers Address the Future of Games for Training, Learning . Plenary sessions include: “Getting the Best Virtual vQuotient in Non-Entertainment Games”. Ran Hinrichs, 2b3d, keynote speaker.

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Corporate Training Through Mobile Learning for Remote Workers

Thinkdom

This accelerated the trend of remote work, reshaping traditional workplaces all around the world. The Evolving Landscape of Remote Work In the post-pandemic world, remote work is witnessing a surge, with 12.7% Take IBM for example. IBM found that for every dollar they spent on online training, they got $30 back in productivity.

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Big IBM/Second Life Announcement this Week!

Kapp Notes

He let everyone know on his blog posting The i-web Singularity Redux that at Virtual Worlds III this week the announcement was made that Second Life has worked out a deal with IBM to move Second Life behind the IBM corporate firewall. IBM announced today that it was changing that.

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Corporate Play-Day: How The Big Boys Are Gaming

Dashe & Thomson

It’s hard to deny that games-in-learning is something of the “cool new thing” on the learning block these days (although Andrea makes a great point that it’s not really all that new). Titled “ Companies Adopt Gaming Techniques to Motivate Employees ” it is reproduced below. Some companies build their own games in-house.

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