Companies explore private virtual worlds

Meetings, conferences and training programs in a 3D virtual world such as Second Life can be more engaging and productive than traditional online sessions and phone calls, and much less expensive than face-to-face meetings requiring travel. But some companies aren't willing to take on the security and compliance risks of using a public platform and are instead opting for private virtual worlds created behind the corporate firewall.

By Maria Korolov | 13 May, 2011 08:49

Tags: applications, Applications | Web Productivity, compliance, internet, Internet-based applications and services, OpenSim, private virtual worlds, second life, Siemens Corporate Research, Virtualization