Article: WHAT DO VIRTUAL WORLDS MEAN FOR BUSINESS?

Second Life and other virtual worlds certainly get their fair share of headlines - but how many organizations are really using them as a forum where employees and partners can share information, ideas and knowledge? Here, in an extract from Melcrum's report, How to use social media to engage employees, we examine the role that virtual worlds are likely to play in collaboration and knowledge-sharing acivities in future.

Exploring the potential of the 3-D web for collaboration activity

The 3-D web - including Second Life - is already being used by some forward-thinking organizations for all kinds of communication, collaboration and knowledge sharing. Others have yet to investigate what ...

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