Virtual worlds are attracting media attention and human interest. But what do they hold for the future of business and society?
At IBM we believe there is significant promise far beyond today's usage: the next evolutionary phase of the Internet. IBM is helping clients and partners to conduct business inside virtual worlds and to connect the virtual world with the real world through a richer, more immersive Web environment. We are experimenting with innovative companies across a variety of industries from banking and insurance to retail and media & entertainment.
At IBM our strategy is to collaborate with a community in an open source fashion to build out the next generation Web -- the 3-D Internet. We welcome you to visit us in Second Life and to read more about our work in virtual worlds by downloading our brochure.
IBM has helped some of the world's top games, interactive entertainment and virtual world companies build profitable businesses with a full range of solutions — including hardware, software and service offerings — for all stages of your lifecycle. Inside IBM you'll find the expertise to help you wring out costs and inefficiencies, increase profitability, and reduce risk in a complex yet boundless market
- Design Solutions: Define the right virtual world presence based on your company's priorities. Align your virtual presence with your brand image and business' overall interactive strategy.
- Develop Solutions: Make development easier. Reduce the amount of iterations and increase business agility with software and hardware from IBM.
- Deploy solutions: Determine the right platform for digital distribution of your product. Provide high performance, cost competitive global, and local, game hosting services. Secure your system and enhance it with voice, data analysis and billing services from IBM partners.
Offerings
Events Platform
- Recreate mirror environments to increase social interactions & reduce “distance” in GAE
Collaboration Platform
- Virtual world platform for people gathering and sharing / discussing ideas, plans, etc.
- Lotus applications integration.
Meeting Places
- Virtual world meeting rooms and lotus integration
Marketing & Sales
- Envision complex 3D products/services.
- Obtaining key market requirements by rapid prototyping