http://clipmarks.com/tags/%22virtural+worlds%22/http://rss.clipmarks.com/tags/%22virtural+worlds%22/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/8AC06842-53FD-44F2-8B66-C78CFD1EAB98/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/kidora/">kidora</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Very interesting ... IBM and Linden Lab teaming up. Trying to get a jump on Googles foray into virtual worlds? <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/ibm-and-linden-lab-team-for-virtual-world-interoperability/" title="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/ibm-and-linden-lab-team-for-virtual-world-interoperability/">www.techcrunch.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/kidora/512/D10C4CF5-8B97-4095-8688-75425D6B50B4.jpg" alt="ibm.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>IBM and Linden Lab (the company behind Second Life) will announce a new partnership at the Virtual Worlds Conference in San Jose today that will focus on virtual world interoperability.</P> <P>The initial focus of the joint effort will be the ability to allow users to use a single virtual persona (or Avatar) across multiple virtual platforms, with seamless interworld transactions to be considered later.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">IBM has been highly active in the virtual worlds space, both as a user of platforms such as Second Life as a conference and business communications tool, and as a creator with its Active Worlds chat platform. IBM’s Italian employee’s went on strike within Second Life in late September.</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/ibm/" rel="tag">ibm</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/%22linden+labs%22/" rel="tag">"linden labs"</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/computers/" rel="tag">computers</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/%22virtural+worlds%22/" rel="tag">"virtural worlds"</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/%22second+life%22/" rel="tag">"second life"</a></div>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/ibm-and-linden-lab-team-for-virtual-world-interoperability/Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:51:54 GMT