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by nicetomeetyou (老兵,忙里偷闲) at 2007.11.28 15:24 (#4087090@0)

IBM is blending 3-D technologies into Lotus Connections, a harbinger of the convergence between the virtual realm and social networks. Three-dimensional virtual reality worlds such as Second Life and social networks such as Facebook have been largely chugging along on parallel planes. Now some experts are claiming virtual reality will have a warm, sunny place in social networks for consumers and businesses. ADVERTISEMENT

IBM Lotus programmers and engineers from IBM's research groups are currently working on ways to employ virtual reality technologies with Lotus Connections social computing software, said Jeff Schick, vice president of social computing for IBM.

For example, avatars would pop up filled with content from real employees' Lotus Connections profile, displaying their experiences, skills and interests, as well as the projects they worked on. A Lotus Connections blog expressing a user's opinions would be exposed on a billboard or a wall in the virtual city.

Or, avatars might walk into a virtual library and access Lotus Connections social bookmarks through a card catalog. Schick compared this specific work-in-progress to a scene in the movie "Disclosure," where Michael Douglas' character used a virtual reality program to pull files from a drawer, which was basically a content repository.

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