Wednesday 17 September 2008

AI 82: Rivers Run Red delivers foundation for knowledge worker productivity



Rivers Run Red, Immersive Workspaces PlatformTM, is a collaboration solution allowing enterprises to communicate, collaborate, and co-design in a rich, 3D environment.

The Immersive Workspaces TM Platform can be integrated into Virtual World Patforms (refer to AI 70) for the global prototyping of ideas in real-time, ensuring content, activity, and presence are accounted for outside the immersive workspace.
“The Virtual Worlds market has been in play for quite some time now, however we see a fundamental shift from their use as an entertainment and marketing platform to having real enterprise application,” says Justin Bovington, CEO of Rivers Run Red.

“It’s time for Virtual Worlds to go to work as the enterprise is tasked with coming up with new ways of working and thinking directly in line with business objectives.”

In addition to a custom built 3D immersive workspace, the Rivers Run Red Immersive Workspace Platform™ includes:

A web based tracking and activity monitoring system that provides measurement and feedback of each participant’s footprint in the immersive workspace

Meetings and transcript reporting, call to action, calendar booking system, room booking with a privacy system and email functionality.

A set of customizable widgets aggregating visual, real world data into the immersive workspace

“As a Second Life pioneer, from the very beginning Rivers Run Red has identified the potential for the virtual worlds market. Their solution is spot on, delivering on the promise of virtual worlds for the enterprise," said Robin Harper, VP of Marketing & Community Development at Linden Lab.


BENEFITS

Co-design and Collaboration - closes space and time gaps for R&D, design, and engineering teams I

Integrated Technology - allows for the integration of business software applications in one space, built to be a 'living window' on your data and content.

Reduction in Unnecessary Travel - reduces airfares and unnecessary travel, not to mention the reduction of your carbon footprint.

Effective Knowledge Transfer - cuts across company silos, enable global cross pollination, allow fellow employees to access rich profile information on each other

Human Resources - attracts the best talent to your organization, improve retention and reduce recruitment/training costs