Innovation in virtual worlds
As the ecosystem leader, IBM is helping to drive the growth and adoption of the 3-D Internet with insights and actions that will shape the future of the 3-D landscape. Through our efforts, we will help make the 3-D Internet the essential tool for helping people work, live and play to their fullest potential. Our focus is on identifying, delivering, sustaining, protecting and expanding value for IBM and our clients.
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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.
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Made in IBM Labs: Secure, 3D Meeting Service Now Available with Lotus Sametime
On June 24. 2009, IBM announced that a new service, Virtual Collaboration for Lotus Sametime, is now available. The service allows Lotus Sametime users to set up and use virtual meeting spaces securely behind-the-firewall with avatars. Also known as "Sametime 3D," this IBM Software Service for Lotus was created by IBM research teams from IBM Research and Lotus.
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