IBM’s mainframe for virtual worlds

IBM will build mainframes to support virtual worlds. From 3pointD: In concert with Brazilian game developer Hoplon, IBM will use the PlayStation3’s ultra-high-powered Cell processor to create a mainframe architecture that will provide the security, scalability and speed that are currently lacking in 3D environments — a lack that is one of the factors keeping […]

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IBM’s Colin Parris: 3D Web

Again from 3pointD at the Virtual Worlds Conference: Colin Parris, vice president of digital convergence at IBM Research, discusses IBM’s vision for virtual worlds. From the post: “IBM is already working with clients and partners on applications that provide business value in virtual worlds. This is mainly in three categories: Commerce Education Coordination and Innovation […]

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IBM, Second Life and your cell phone

The BBC has an interesting article about mobile web 2.0 things. The last blurb is about IBM’s efforts to bridge virtual worlds like Second Life with mobile phones. From the article: “IBM’s master inventor Zygmunt Lozinski explained his vision does not simply involve accessing Second Life from your phone – it involves using your mobile […]

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Many Eyes

From O’Reily Radar: “IBM today announced Many Eyes, a site for sharing and commenting on visualizations. Martin Wattenberg, who developed the original version of the treemap we use for our book market visualizations as well as the awesome baby name voyager, and Fernanda Viegas, who worked with him on the equally awesome history flow visualizations […]

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The Second Life Goldmine: Sam Palmisano

CNNMoney gets some money quotes from Sam Palmisano, CEO of IBM. CNNMoney: “By early January more than 3,000 IBM employees had acquired their own avatars, and about 300 were routinely conducting company business inside Second Life. “The 3-D Internet may at first appear to be eye candy,” Palmisano writes in an e-mail interview, “but don’t […]

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Sears in Second Life

Sears launched a virtual presence in Second Life today with the help of IBM. (SLurl) IBM press release: “Sears is committed to providing our customers with the best possible shopping experience and to looking for new and exciting ways to present our products and services,” said Paul Miller, senior vice president, Direct Commerce, Sears Holdings. […]

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IBM Creates 3DWeb Group

Via 3pointD, CNET is reporting that IBM will create a group in January to handle 3DWeb initiatives. Not really a surprise considering the 3D Web initiative was one of the announced $100M innovation projects for 2007. From CNET: “Irving Wladawsky-Berger, vice president of technical strategy and innovation at IBM, led the company’s response to earlier […]

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IBM’s Todd "Turbo" Watson on v-Business

From his bio you can tell that Turbo is a player. “He later led the development of the IBM e-business Web site, and most recently has been responsible for helping drive the strategy and optimization of the IBM Software Group Web presence.” Tuesday, Turbo took some time to write up his thoughts on the recent […]

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eightbar covers the IBM event

eightbar has some information and pictures from the IBM event this week. From the post: “The event itself was a ‘townhall’ IBM meeting, held in an IBM location in China, in front of more than 6,000 employees. Sam Palmisano presented in person, but when he started talking about Virtual Worlds and the 3D Internet, he […]

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Sam Palmisano’s $100M Bet

The Next Net is reporting that one of the things IBM CEO Sam Pamisano will be talking about at the Second Life event is the winners of the Innovation Jams. The list: “He is putting $100 million into the final ten ideas in the hopes that a few may turn into billion-dollar businesses. Here is […]

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