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Next-gen tech poised to simplify virtual networking
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 19 February 2008, 01:05 IST
Hyderabad: Gen-next technologies like 3D Internet, do-it-yourself platforms for even those who are not software developers, low-cost and easy-to-use software and, virtualization are simplifying interactions in the virtual world, reported Business Line.
These technologies, coupled with rich media experience (audio, video and text) and digitally enriched tele-presence technologies, force people to change the way they interact over the Web, says Bruce Richardson, Chief Research Officer, AMR Research.
Illustrating the 3D Internet and its applications, Richardson said companies such as Second Life and Fortera Systems are already into it.
"If one were to know how much his house costs, he would be able to use the power of 3D Internet and estimate it all by himself. This is not something which is years away but already touching some people," he said.
Likewise, do-it-yourself platforms such as applications on Zambra, Google, Facebook and Orkut allow people do so far-impossible things. The user interface is easy, helping them to be part of the virtual world.
Another important area is 'Surface computing', which helps take everything on to the surface and display it over the Internet, allowing everyone to access it.
Another important aspect of technology is Pedics or knowledge management, which is about institutionalizing information where, say, a company like Intel may want to make public its information, Richardson said.
One could bring together various aspects of digital communication and combine them with social networking issues just as salesforce.com is trying through ideaexchange of Dell through ideastorm. This would enable Dell to watch what its engineer is doing while fixing a PC.