<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Dusan Writer's Metaverse &#187; IBM</title>
	<atom:link href="http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/tag/ibm/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://dusanwriter.com</link>
	<description>Virtual worlds and creativity, business, collaboration, and identity.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:53:22 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>IBM releases ARIA for the blind</title>
		<link>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2009/01/05/ibm-releases-aria-for-the-blind/</link>
		<comments>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2009/01/05/ibm-releases-aria-for-the-blind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Applications and Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accessibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virtual Worlds User Interface for the Blind]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1116</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a few weeks ago, IBM launched a prototype of its Virtual Worlds User Interface for the Blind, an &#8220;accessible rich Internet application&#8221; (ARIA) that will help blind people navigate and interact with Second Life, with the goal being to eventually branch out to other virtual worlds. The user interface allows for blind users to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2009/01/05/ibm-releases-aria-for-the-blind/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>ThinkBalm, the Immersive Internet and Collaborative Culture</title>
		<link>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/12/20/thinkbalm-the-immersive-internet-and-collaborative-culture/</link>
		<comments>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/12/20/thinkbalm-the-immersive-internet-and-collaborative-culture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Applications and Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business in Virtual Worlds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3D Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3D mind mapping tool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erica Driver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immersive Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Library Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind map]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Remote Viewer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Think Balm]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1030</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Co-creation: From Prims to Ideas A while back I was invited to something called the &#8220;ThinkBalm Innovation Community&#8221; and I suppose it was the word innovation: I&#8217;ll even open spam if it uses the word, and if I ever get an e-mail from some Nigerian with $5 billion in a bank somewhere who needs my [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/12/20/thinkbalm-the-immersive-internet-and-collaborative-culture/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>OpenSim Developers: They Don&#8217;t Bite</title>
		<link>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/09/08/opensim-developers-they-dont-bite/</link>
		<comments>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/09/08/opensim-developers-they-dont-bite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Applications and Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deep Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virtual World Platforms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Frisby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Levine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin Clark-Casey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Mazur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opensim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tish shute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ugotrade]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dusanwriter.com/?p=897</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The open source community says that standards arise first from code. Without the code driving things, there are no policies, standards, identity systems, content protection, or ability to tag and flag grids for their level of privacy or whether they&#8217;re G or X-rated or any of that stuff &#8211; it all starts from bytes, baby, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/09/08/opensim-developers-they-dont-bite/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>IBM and Business Collaboration in Virtual Worlds</title>
		<link>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/09/06/ibm-and-business-collaboration-in-virtual-worlds/</link>
		<comments>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/09/06/ibm-and-business-collaboration-in-virtual-worlds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Applications and Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business in Virtual Worlds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virtual World Platforms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collaborative applications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dusanwriter.com/?p=891</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[IBM presented a demo at the VW08 conference of integration between Sametime Instant Messaging, user authentication, and virtual meeting spaces. The following video shows it in action, and it&#8217;s a very compelling demo of how virtual worlds and collaborative applications like LotusNotes will integrate. Virtual worlds not as destinations for collaborations, but as mini applications [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/09/06/ibm-and-business-collaboration-in-virtual-worlds/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Teleport to OpenSim from Second Life: Interoperability and the Decentralized Grid</title>
		<link>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/07/08/teleport-to-opensim-from-second-life-interoperability-and-the-decentralized-grid/</link>
		<comments>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/07/08/teleport-to-opensim-from-second-life-interoperability-and-the-decentralized-grid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Applications and Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virtual World Platforms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interoperability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linden Lab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mitch kapor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dusanwriter.com/?p=698</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[IBM and Linden Lab have announced that they&#8217;ve accomplished avatar interoperability between OpenSim and Second Life today, allowing avatars to teleport between grids. At yesterday&#8217;s keynote by Mitch Kapor the big announcement was met with a yawn, but his comments on needing to decentralize the governance and Grid hinted at the direction of the Lab. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/07/08/teleport-to-opensim-from-second-life-interoperability-and-the-decentralized-grid/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Cigna Launches Virtual World Healthcare Platform</title>
		<link>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/07/03/cigna-launches-virtual-world-healthcare-platform/</link>
		<comments>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/07/03/cigna-launches-virtual-world-healthcare-platform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business in Virtual Worlds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education in Virtual Worlds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cigna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare sites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Method]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virtual community]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dusanwriter.com/?p=661</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cigna recently launched a virtual healthcare community pilot program in Second Life (SL) that the company hopes will &#8220;help foster real and sustainable behavior change that improvies health.&#8221; The Second Life &#8216;island,&#8217; or virtual space, developed with branding agency Method, will house seminars, interactive displays, educational games and virtual health consultations. There will also be [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/07/03/cigna-launches-virtual-world-healthcare-platform/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Year Ahead for Virtual Worlds: And the Children Shall Lead</title>
		<link>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/07/01/the-year-ahead-for-virtual-worlds/</link>
		<comments>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/07/01/the-year-ahead-for-virtual-worlds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business in Virtual Worlds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virtual World Platforms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[linden labs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virtual worlds]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dusanwriter.com/?p=654</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A post over at Linux News summarizes the potential of virtual worlds and offers predictions for the year ahead, among them: * Increasing stickiness and trial conversion rates remain top priorities for virtual world operators. * There will be many experiments with platform interoperability and universal avatars. Several efforts are already underway, including IBM and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/07/01/the-year-ahead-for-virtual-worlds/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Children, Chains and Cold Cash: The Business Case for SL5B</title>
		<link>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/06/01/children-chains-and-cold-cash-the-business-case-for-sl5b/</link>
		<comments>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/06/01/children-chains-and-cold-cash-the-business-case-for-sl5b/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 14:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linden Lab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sl5b]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dusanwriter.com/?p=540</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The exclusion of builds by child AVs and (we await clarification) Gor, BDSM and other communities puts the lie to the idea that Linden Lab actually celebrates the &#8220;magic&#8221; of its community &#8211; it&#8217;s in it for the money, after all, and will celebrate magic selectively. This isn&#8217;t news. This isn&#8217;t some radical shift in [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/06/01/children-chains-and-cold-cash-the-business-case-for-sl5b/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>IBM Second Life Joint Effort to Lock Up Islands: Put Your Sim Behind a Firewall</title>
		<link>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/04/03/ibm-second-life-joint-effort-to-lock-up-islands-put-your-sim-behind-a-firewall/</link>
		<comments>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/04/03/ibm-second-life-joint-effort-to-lock-up-islands-put-your-sim-behind-a-firewall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dusanwriter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business in Virtual Worlds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virtual worlds]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dusanwriter.wordpress.com/?p=548</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Linden Lab and IBM have announced a joint venture to allow corporations to run islands in Second Life behind corporate firewalls. According to the New York Times: &#8220;The goal, they say, is to offer companies “secure, flexible and customizable” 3-D virtual environments that are designed and controlled by corporations. The initial effort is a demonstration [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/04/03/ibm-second-life-joint-effort-to-lock-up-islands-put-your-sim-behind-a-firewall/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>IBM Adds 3D Collaboration to UC Strategy</title>
		<link>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/03/24/ibm-adds-3d-collaboration-to-uc-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/03/24/ibm-adds-3d-collaboration-to-uc-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dusanwriter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business in Virtual Worlds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3d live]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dassault]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virtual worlds]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dusanwriter.wordpress.com/?p=515</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[IBM has already announced a significant investment in unified communications (UC), a strategy meant to compete with Microsoft, who is fast becoming the industry leader in UC developments. IBM has now announced it will continue to leverage its interest in Dassault Systèmes&#8217; 3D Live to facilitate online collaboration between globally-based engineering teams. The goal is [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/03/24/ibm-adds-3d-collaboration-to-uc-strategy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

