At this moment in time, the market is wide open for Virtual World Platforms to deliver corporate services.
Corporates have two choices for Virtual Worlds. Either they obtain some land within an existing Virtual World or they develop their own using a Virtual World Platform.
The Virtual World Platform will be used for intranets, extranets and most corporate internets.
Virtual World Platforms include
ActiveWorlds (refer to AI 74)
Croquet Open Source (refer to AI 68)
ExitReality (refer to AI 79)
Icarus (refer to AI 69)
GeoSim (refer to AI 96)
Lively (refer to AI 16)
Multiverse (refer to AI 45)
Olive (refer to AI 67)
OpenSimulator (refer to AI 28)
Second Life Grid (refer to AI 27)
Corporates that have developed their own Virtual Worlds include the BBC, Disney and Sony.
A corporate developing their own Virtual World provides controls over brand and the customer experience.
These Virtual World Platforms will provide the fertile ground for ai agents.
