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JOIN THE DISCUSSION When most people think of online "social networks," they tend to think of Facebook, MySpace and YouTube. More and more, however, online social networking is pointing the way to new forms of communication and new ways of doing business. In an interview for Maclean’s readers, Chuck Hamilton, New Media and Learning Leader for IBM's 3D Internet Division, explores the new frontier of virtual networking. Tell us what you think...You must be logged in to post a comment.
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Most of the discussions around application for the evolving 3D Internet are too backward focused. (And I have seen a lot of discussion, as I currently spend my life in these spaces). We tend to discuss the possibilities in the context of what we already do — those business models we know or have seen. As various 3D overlays evolve many new media come in to play. Themes like social media, new media, social technologies and the 3D Internet are often overlapping themes, since both the people and technologies overlap. There is greater opportunity in the overlap, than the single point solutions.
So why not debate the new opportunity we have now that we did not have even a few years ago. We are developing several layers of this sort of thinking and watching what comes up. The clear message is that the mash-up of 3D mobility, science, computational power and bandwidth, combined with advances in social technologies is not only an intriguing notion, but whole new innovation landscape.
Hi Chuck, Firstly 2 things. I run a small business which I am hoping to grow, nationally. Understandably the Social networking work aspect opportunity looks great as this is a cost effective solution for businesses like mine. But does this open up a Pandora’s Box to essentially dehumanizing the personal experience? What I mean by this is that I could hire a person over video conference and never actually meet them as an example? How has your experience been in dealing with this approach?