virtual reality in news
Force.com breaks out to the web with Sites
News Speaking at Salesforce.com's Dreamforce user conference in San Francisco, CEO Marc Benioff said: "The reality is powerful sites no longer need cost and complexity. Speaking at Dreamforce, Young said: "We're always... [04 Nov 2008]
Keyboard-free PCs and telepathic laptops? Intel, Asus open to ideas
News One reader suggested doing away with the laptop's buttons and screen for a virtual reality experience. Intel and Asus have launched WePC.com, a website that solicits ideas from consumers with the goal of... [30 Oct 2008]
Web 2.0, cloud computing 'to transform business'
News Looking further ahead, Fenn added: "Other technologies that have passed the trigger where they start to be interesting to businesses include 3D printing, surface computing, augmented reality and mobile robots. [11 Aug 2008]
Virtualisation key to staff-owned devices
News Some well known organisations have got around this by web-enabling their applications so they can work with any device but that is not the reality for most companies, said Gammage. He said: "The... [30 Jun 2008]
The future, in 3D
News Discussing virtual reality - which started with the telephone, according to Kurzweil ("you could actually be with someone else, at least as far as talking's concerned, even if you were hundreds of miles... [19 May 2008]
The cashless revolution is coming...
News That's according to Gartner analysts who predict making payments through mobile phones using virtual currencies - such as Second Life's Linden dollars - could be a reality in the not too distant future,... [09 Nov 2007]
CIO Essentials: Virtual worlds, biometrics and green IT
News Companies are now realising they can sell their products twice - once in reality and once in virtual space - and I expect 2008/09 to be dominated by virtual pennies dropping. Real world... [16 Oct 2007]
Desktop PC 'not dead - but changing'
News Speaking at the launch of a series of new products from HP in New York, Alberto Bozzo, the company's European personal systems group general manager of commercial products told silicon.com: "The reality is the desktop is... [06 Sep 2007]
CIO Essentials: Facebook, data breaches and email overload
News How refreshing to see a clear statement on differentiating between the virtual and reality. Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our CIO Essentials feature puts you in the picture. Each... [07 Aug 2007]
Second Lifers on their best behaviour?
News In the 1980s, he founded VPL Research, the first company to sell virtual reality products and whose patents were acquired by Sun Microsystems in 1999. To be sure, Lanier, a pioneer of... [02 Aug 2007]
CIO Essentials: Digital bubbles, IM security and tech skills crisis
News Digital bubbles' and virtual reality - our world in five years Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our CIO Essentials feature puts you in the picture. Each week a leading IT chief picks... [03 Jul 2007]
'Digital bubbles' and virtual reality - our world in five years
News Social networking will move from the computer to the street while an "augmented reality" will become part of our lives over the next few years. These are some of the predictions from BT futurologist Ian Pearson whose... [26 Jun 2007]
Microsoft's Virtual Earth goes '3D'
News In Virtual Earth 3D, which is part of Microsoft's Live Search, users can "fly" over cities and in between buildings just like they do in virtual-reality environments, such as that found... [07 Nov 2006]
Microsoft slams brakes on Virtual PC for Macs
News Microsoft is putting a halt to a version of its Virtual PC software for Intel-based Macs. In a statement on Monday, Microsoft said it "has made the decision not to move forward with a Universal version of... [08 Aug 2006]
Reed turns to Sirocom in €17m virtual network deal
News Sirocom, which stresses it is making voice over IP a reality for Reed as well as the use of Citrix thin clients, is using Global Crossing, MCI, Tiscali and other carriers. The agreement follows a lengthy contest against... [22 Feb 2006]
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