‘Virtual Worlds’ Archives
IBM Announces New Virtual Desktop Flexible Workplace Solutions
(#IBM and #virtualization) Building on four decades of industry leadership in large scale virtualization, IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced a set of flexibleworkplace solutions that enable clients to create a simple, cost-effective environment that allows employees to use [Read More]
U.S. Army turns to virtual reality to treat post traumatic stress disorder
Researchers in California have come up with a new way of treating post-traumatic stress disorder in combat veterans – virtual reality. (#USArmy, #virtualreality, #posttraumaticstressdisorder) While it may look like a video game, the digital treatment is no toy. It is part [Read More]
Mayo Clinic rolls out virtual reality program to save teens from distracted driving accidents
Distracted driving claims roughly 5,500 lives a year and causes about a half million injuries. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, drivers using hand-held devices are four times more likely to get into a crash serious enough to cause injury. To make a [Read More]
Surgeons trained in virtual world environments perform better when they operate on real patients
New research has shown that surgical residents who received structured training in a simulated environment perform significantly better when they start operating on patients. The results of the study by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital were so convincing that the [Read More]
#Disney is building a multi-million dollar safety fence to protect kids on virtual world Club Penguin
#Disney to protect inside #virtualworld #ClubPenguin Disney is launching internet safety campaigns targeting 100m children and parents in Europe, the Middle East and Africa based on its Club Penguin virtual world, capitalising on the recent paedophile scandal surrounding [Read More]
Does dating success in a virtual world translate to dating success in the real world
This is my concluding part of my earlier post on Dan Ariely’s research on online dating. Ariely found that dating in virtual worlds resulted in better chances of a real world date compared to finding a partner through online dating sites. So lets dive into the reasons for [Read More]
Neiman Marcus and Armani offer gifts to online customers who ‘chat and buy’
High-end retail chain #Neiman Marcus hosted a chat with #Armani Beauty and encouraged consumer purchases by offering a free gift if an item was added to the shopping cart directly from the chat window. The retailer’s Armani Beauty chat let consumers ask their personal [Read More]
Government set to hold meetings on mobile and Internet privacy
#Internetprivacy The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is set to host the first of several meetings seeking input for its effort to develop new codes of conduct for handling private consumer date on the Internet and mobile networks. The [Read More]
See how #Ford uses #virtualreality to design their cars
Years before a #Ford #automobile goes into production, designers can go hands on with the car through virtual reality! They can look and feel all around a car as if they were really in it. This week we got a special tour of Ford’s design laboratory in Deerborn, [Read More]
NewsGame lets kids become reporters in a virtual world
Thomas Loudon, CEO of the Dutch startup VJ Movement, is trying it. Here’s the idea for NewsGame, a Facebook game now in development: Players take on the role of foreign correspondents and face mini-challenges within the game world, such as “you have to cross the border [Read More]
