Collaboration Moves Into 3D
Autor admin | 22.03.2008 | Category SEO
Online, 3D virtual environments aren’t just for play anymore: They could push corporate training into the 22nd Century — and even help save lives in U.S. military excursions.
That’s the thinking behind a futuristic product codenamed “Babel Bridge,” an upcoming piece of software built on Forterra System’s On-Line Interactive Virtual Environment (OLIVE) and IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) UC2 unified communication platform.
The Web-based software provides real-time communication and views, as well as collaboration using multiple data types.
Unlike most VoIP and Web conferencing-based unified communication (UC) systems, OLIVE’s 3D virtual environment can help workgroups reduce collaboration barriers that often hamper communication — such as disparate communication systems and language hurdles, according to Forterra.
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Magic? Harry Potter Spoof Wins YouTube Award
Autor admin | 22.03.2008 | Category SEO
LOS ANGELES — A puppet show version of “Harry Potter” featuring a naked Dumbledore and an enigmatic song called “Chocolate Rain” by a Minnesota graduate student were among the winners of YouTube’s second annual video awards, the Web site said on Friday.
Tay Zonday, a 25-year-old baritone PhD student in American Studies, won best music with his original song “Chocolate Rain,” a rhythmic electric keyboard-backed number whose curious lyrics could be a political statement — or humorous nonsense.
The song, one of about 30 videos Zonday has posted, has been covered by singer John Mayer and rockers Green Day, and he has performed it live on Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show.
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