Summary: Ron Edwards Welcome to Episode Seventeen of The Virtual Worlds BusinessCast, brought to you by Voices in Business. Todayrsquo;s show features an interview with Ron Edwards, President of Ambient Performance, a firm specializing in mobile solutions, Web 2.0 collaborative technologies and Virtual Worlds. Ambient partners with Forterra Systems, creators of OLIVE (the On-Line Interactive Virtual Environment), which is increasingly being used as an Enterprise Virtual World platform in both the private and public sector (by, amongst others,nbsp;military and intelligence organizations). I spoke with Ron about how and where OLIVE is being used and how it differs from Second Life. Show notes for this episode: 00:12 - Mike O'Hara introduction 01:01 - Start of interview 01:31 - Some background on Ron #38; Ambient Performance 03:17 - How Forterra's OLIVE differs from Second Life 05:15 - Training/simulation and collaboration 05:50 - Role-playing #38; real-world physics 07:05 - Interoperability with real-world systems 08:21 - Single sign-ons, LDAP and authentication 09:01 - Photo-realistic avatars 09:39 - Technology and culture of business collaboration 11:40 - Carbon reduction and cost reduction 12:48 - The learning curve 15:20 - Security, stability and reliability 17:40 - Use of OLIVE by military, defence #38; intelligence agencies 19:30 - Where to find out more 20:20 - There.com 21:06 - Upcoming events 21:48 - 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 (0) 20 7193 1295, or or send an e-mail to comments@voicesinbusiness.com Links: Ambient Performance website Ambient Connections blog Forterra Systems - screenshots #38; videos YouTube video playlist of OLIVE in action SGInbsp;#38; Serious Virtual Worlds Conference, Sep 2008 nbsp; Enterprise Virtual Worlds Seminar, May 2008nbsp; There.com Listen Now: To listen to the podcast right now, click on the player icon below.
