A short clip taken from Thinkbalm's Data Garden pertaining to the problems facing virtual world technology adoption.

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A short hike inside Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau AK.

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The Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds is a newly formed group of federal government employees and contractors interested in exploring the use of virtual worlds in government, sharing best practices and policies, creating shared repositories, and networking.

April 23-24, 2009 National Defense University Washington
Pre-conference virtual world demos begin April 22, 2009

http://www.ndu.edu/IRMC/fedcon sortium.html

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A short piece describing why government (specifically NOAA) needs to take advantage of social media in order to better serve its constituents. If you agree with the video's message consider voting for the idea at http://www.change.org/ideas/vi ew/interactive_government

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A mashup of Google Earth and Second Life creating a collaborative 3D data visualization.

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Understanding customer behavior has long been critical to a successful business and there is no different when operating in a virtual world. I'd like to introduce you to an innovative company named Maya Realities whose goal is to help optimize your virtual infrastructure. Maya Realities connects you with visiting avatars at new levels of analysis. Founded in 2007, we are among the oldest and most established companies specializing in virtual world analytics. As the immersive Internet takes shape, what better way is there to verify the return on your investment?

http://www.mayarealities.com/

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A day by day picture of traffic on Help Island Public in Second Life

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The Information Resource Management (IRM) College of the National Defense University established the Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds in July 2007, in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Department of State, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The consortium was created to explore multi-agency and intra-agency collaboration using the robust capabilities of virtual worlds. The objective of the consortium is to help government agencies to share resources, training, and experience; leverage outreach capabilities and practices; connect to new partners and business opportunities; and demonstrate the benefits for virtual worlds collaborative capabilities.

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