The Matrix For Businesses

An anonymous reader writes "The idea of using virtual reality and gaming technologies to create training exercises and business simulations has been around for years. But recent advances in computer graphics, interfaces, and massively multiplayer online (MMO) games have made it commercially viable to pursue simulations in the business world. Novel, a venture-backed startup company, is about to launch a new MMO role-playing game, called Empire & State, with an unusual goal: to use the technology and the lessons it learns from the game to create simulations for big companies that want to improve their human resources and hiring efficiencies. Imagine assessing employees' leadership and teamwork skills by jacking them into a virtual, multiplayer business scenario. That's the goal, but Novel will face challenges of all sorts — business, social, and technical — in its efforts to sell MMO technologies to the corporate world."

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[Weezul]

You know, I don't give a shit about wifi data collected by google. In fact, google one does one evil thing afaik :

Google sells fucking first place search results!

I don't even really mind google selling BP the first place search results for oil spill, but I'd wish google would charge say $5 million per day, that's a fair price given the social damage done.

Google has sold us all out by selling that search result for less than even $1 million per day. fuckers!