A behind-the-scenes peek at Big Blue's UK R&D centre
By Tim Ferguson, 7 August 2007 16:45
A global team of IBM developers have created an internal virtual world called Metaverse, which is based on GarageGames' Torque Game Engine.
The idea is for IBM workers to use Metaverse to communicate with each other and share ideas. People can hold virtual meetings and areas are dedicated to individual departments and projects.
Photo credit: Tim Ferguson
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1. Chris
Not the engine. The airframe and the wings.
We're hitting the afterburners on some pretty good IBM Spitfires, to go up against the Microsoft Messerschmitts that have darkened the skies for so many years recently, though.
OS/2 ? Who needs it. We've got Linux.