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Microsoft using Sony PS3 Home for virtual meetings
SlashGear — ... , but it looks like more than one big name has a positive view of its worth.  Microsoft are a surprise inclusion in a study by researchers at Portsmouth University, examining the potential of virtual worlds to facilitate business meetings and reduce unnecessary travel.  They’ll seemingly be trying out Home to reduce their carbon footprint. ...

microsoft meeting at (sony’s) home
technabob — ... not use of virtual worlds could help cut down on business costs and resource consumption. Financial firms Merrill Lynch and Ernst & Young are also taking part. Ernst & Young’s Managing director of Advanced Workplace Associates, Andrew Mawson, said: “Increasingly we are living in a world without borders where workers need to collaborate on a global scale.” Tell me about it, Mawson. Anything that helps keep me working in my pajamas is good news. [GAAP Web via PS3 Fanboy] ...