http://rooreynolds.com/2006/06/29/wimbledon-hopsitality-and-henman/ What's Next? Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:16:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://rooreynolds.com/2006/06/29/wimbledon-hopsitality-and-henman/comment-page-1/#comment-7032 Roo Reynolds - What’s Next? » Blog Archive » Another busy week; distinguished elderly ex-IBMers and Wimbledon Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:05:17 +0000 http://rooreynolds.com/2007/06/27/wimbledon-hopsitality-and-henman/#comment-7032 [...] One year ago, when I attended Wimbledon to help out with the hospitality, I noted that “there were some excellent conversations, and quite a few people who really seemed to find the whole virtual worlds thing not just unusual, but interesting and potentially useful too”. So much has changed, and so little. A year ago, IBM’s use of virtual worlds boiled down to a few intrepid explorers attempting to show some value in Second Life. Now IBM has a large and popular presence in Second Life, is setting up a metaverse behind the firewall and exploring virtual worlds in all sorts of other places too. It’s been an interesting year. [...] [...] One year ago, when I attended Wimbledon to help out with the hospitality, I noted that “there were some excellent conversations, and quite a few people who really seemed to find the whole virtual worlds thing not just unusual, but interesting and potentially useful too”. So much has changed, and so little. A year ago, IBM’s use of virtual worlds boiled down to a few intrepid explorers attempting to show some value in Second Life. Now IBM has a large and popular presence in Second Life, is setting up a metaverse behind the firewall and exploring virtual worlds in all sorts of other places too. It’s been an interesting year. [...]

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