Summary: Greg Nuyens Welcome to epsiode twenty of The Virtual Worlds BusinessCast, brought to you by Voices in Business. Today, we bring you a conversation with Greg Nuyens, CEO of Qwaq. Recently named as a "cool vendor" by Gartner, Qwaq creates business collaboration solutions using virtual world technology. Its product, Qwaq Forums, is increasingly being used by enterprises such as Intel and BP to facilitate collaborative working. Show notes for this episode: 00:12 - Mike O'Hara introduction 00:55 - Start of interview 01:40 - Greg's background 02:52 - Why does Gartner think Qwaq is a "cool vendor"? 03:26 - A brief overview of Qwaq 05:25 - Why is sharing the same virtal space so important? 06:52 - Collaborative working in practice 08:54 - Combining human social cues with collaboration activities 11:14 - Mimicking thenbsp;real-world environment within the virtual world 14:22 - Applications and tools supported within Qwaq Forums 16:15 - Dedicated client software versus browser-based interface 17:38 - Hosted server environment versus enterprise deployment 18:30 - Croquet, the open-source back-end 21:46 - The main challenges in getting this technology adopted 24:31 - Who are the early adopters and what are they doing? 27:21 - Where to find out more 28:20 - End of interview and wrap-up We welcome all feedback, so please leave a comment here on the website, call us to leave an audio comment on +44 20 7193 1295, or send an e-mail to comments@voicesinbusiness.com Links: Qwaq.com Listen Now: To listen to the podcast right now, click on the player icon below.
