... extensive online training via virtual worlds, IBM has just announced that it will soon set up a private area of Second Life ... effortlessly cross over from the mainland Second Life into the private area devoted to the company. With IBM putting so ... companies are likely to follow suit. Big Blue has a reported 5,000 employees already in Second Life and the company ... [partnership] marks the first time a portion of the Second Life Grid will be deployed behind a corporate firewall ... First-Hand Second Life Experience I recently attended a Second ...

... that something is not Second Life): something like the personal learning environment connected to free content— ... widely regarded as one of the worst products of the year, and "limping" was perhaps an understatement. Second Life ... with an eye toward 3D environments using Second Life and other commercially available platforms. On the other hand, an ... like Second Life playing a large role, it became in certain ways less practical. Presumably usability improved, but no ... , engaging e-learning experience. The second trend is mobility and considers the role that mobile technologies play ...

... would be interested in where you think Second Life will be heading. Do you use it in your workshops or to support ... your 11th technology? Second Life is the most publicized, but schools are using others as well such as the River City ... convergence of affective computing, wearable computing, mobile computing, hapticsÃ? and teledildonics. One person at last year’s ASTD conference asked me if a “kick in the ass pants” was being developed. Hmm… 5 ... way, technologies for the senses of taste and smell are not that far behind. 6. Rollout Flexible Screens for Mobile ...