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IBM and Sun Launch Intranet Metaverses

Posted by samzenpus on from the meet-me-in-thunder-bluff dept.

wjamesau writes "Sun and IBM have launched intranet metaverses designed for business and built to work behind their corporate firewalls, so their worldwide employees can use them to collaborate together. Most interesting to game developers, IBM (which also runs a private, no public access Second Life island as a development lab) created their intranet world from the 3D Torque engine from Garage Games. Will the metaverse actually be thousands of gated community metaverses?"

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  1. metaverse??? by dwater · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Who thinks up these words? They sound aweful!

    Naturally, I blame the USA. They have absolutely no style when it comes to language. Of course they *think* they have style, but everyone else knows otherwise. Unfortunate since they're so often the ones that make up words.

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    Max.
  2. Ugh by Rix · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    People shouldn't have to deal with furries and paedophiles at work.