Qwaq Virtual Operations Centers

I have always been a big proponent of doing business virtually. Just never thought that popular Second Life did a very good job of supporting business collaboration. It has the social frills, but not what it takes to get a real job done. It is designed from the wrong point of view. Qwaq, which I have covered here before, does do a good job of supporting collaborative interactions, with people and with real spaces. They have recently been describing what they call a virtual operations center, which serves to connect complex interactions in real spaces. Can reduce travel, enhances the sharing of key expertise, integration of sensor data and collaborative decision making. There are lots of problems like this in the enterprise today. See also their collaborative work with Intel. Worth a look.