Forterra Systems, with its OLIVE™ (On-Line Interactive Virtual Environment) Virtual World platform has won a prestigious Innovation in Virtual Worlds for Enterprises award at the Virtual World Expo held September 3rd and 4th in Los Angeles.
Forterra is a small company doing big things in the Virtual World Platform market.
Forterra was selected for its leadership releasing advanced collaboration and learning features into its OLIVE platform over the last year, providing value to enterprises."
"Every Forterra employee, customer, and partner is extremely proud of the recognition we have achieved through winning this award," said Dave Rolston, CEO of Forterra Systems. "We're gratified that our hard work to identify and address how our OLIVE virtual world platform can transform enterprise business processes has resonated so positively with leading industry experts."
The key capabilities Forterra has released or will release in Q4, 2008 include:
Displaying on 3D screens and viewing by all participants streaming video (Windows Media Player(R) based), Microsoft PowerPoint files, collaborative whiteboards, and any software application running on a Windows desktop.
Integration and display of either industry standard learning-based Shareable Content Objects (SCOs) or web-based content displayed through a browser in one of three modes within an OLIVE 3D scene.
Development of a Lotus Sametime(R) plug-in so users can schedule or instantly invite colleagues to join immersive, media rich 3D meetings directly from their Sametime client.
A Meetings content pack featuring professionally developed 3D meeting environments including an auditorium, board, media and conference rooms, training facilities, a hotel, and a mansion for corporate offsites.
Distributed 3D record-and-replay of any session including voice and audio, avatar movements, behaviors, and gestures.
