http://fringehog.com/2006/09/14/show-me-the-money-real-opportunities-in-virtual-worlds/ Ideas on the Verge Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:23:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://fringehog.com/2006/09/14/show-me-the-money-real-opportunities-in-virtual-worlds/#comment-5568 Fringehog » Blog Archive » Future of Work in a Flat World Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:10:11 +0000 http://fringehog.com/2006/09/14/show-me-the-money-real-opportunities-in-virtual-worlds/#comment-5568 [...] By 2030 going to work in a virtual world will be as common as going to work in the real world is today, probably sooner. Dr. Hunter, a law professor from Wharton specializing in virtual worlds; asserts that the globalization of services will happen in virtual worlds. He sees this as one of the most important employment trends in the 21st century. He confidently predicts that his kids (currently grade school age) will work within one or more of these virtual worlds. [...] […] By 2030 going to work in a virtual world will be as common as going to work in the real world is today, probably sooner. Dr. Hunter, a law professor from Wharton specializing in virtual worlds; asserts that the globalization of services will happen in virtual worlds. He sees this as one of the most important employment trends in the 21st century. He confidently predicts that his kids (currently grade school age) will work within one or more of these virtual worlds. […]

]]> http://fringehog.com/2006/09/14/show-me-the-money-real-opportunities-in-virtual-worlds/#comment-10 The Other Here » Blog Archive » Fringehog Podcast On “Real Opportunities in Virtual Worlds” Sat, 14 Oct 2006 21:47:53 +0000 http://fringehog.com/2006/09/14/show-me-the-money-real-opportunities-in-virtual-worlds/#comment-10 [...] Check out the recent 30-minute episode on Real Opportunities in Virtual Worlds which includes a thoughtful overview on the virtual world space by Michelle, contributions from There.com’s Betsy Book, Electric Sheep’s Sibley Verbeck, Randal Moss from the American Cancer Society and the Second Life Relay for Life, and thoughts on the Metaverse Roadmap Project from one of my favorite futurists, Jamais Cascio. They also shout out the upcoming State of Play Conference: Building the Global Metaverse, coming up in Singapore, January 7-9. I’m double-plus excited to be speaking there, and that will be my first trip to Asia. [...] […] Check out the recent 30-minute episode on Real Opportunities in Virtual Worlds which includes a thoughtful overview on the virtual world space by Michelle, contributions from There.com’s Betsy Book, Electric Sheep’s Sibley Verbeck, Randal Moss from the American Cancer Society and the Second Life Relay for Life, and thoughts on the Metaverse Roadmap Project from one of my favorite futurists, Jamais Cascio. They also shout out the upcoming State of Play Conference: Building the Global Metaverse, coming up in Singapore, January 7-9. I’m double-plus excited to be speaking there, and that will be my first trip to Asia. […]

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