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3-D Internet

Sandra KearneyGlobal Director 3D Internet February 4th, 2008

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The Web continues to evolveL

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Inte

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ion

Early WebAccess and Find

Evolving WebExperience, Participate

and Co-CreateMaturing Web

Share and Collaborate

Time

Information

Commerce

Collaboration

Co-creation

Participation

Access

Sensory Web

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Time Changes Everything

Access to Data/Information

Time/Cost

Time/Cost

Access to People/Communities

Broadband to/from Data Systems • Enterprise• Home• Government

Broadband to/from Human Systems • the mind

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3-D Internet Evolution

3D Internet3D Internet

Spectrum

Web 1.0Web 1.0Web 2.0Web 2.0

Domains

3D in current 3D in current Web 2.0 Web 2.0

User ContentUser Content Tools and Tools and

ServicesServices

2D on 3D 2D on 3D Virtual Virtual

EnvironmentsEnvironments

Collab Collab Environment Environment platforms, & platforms, &

toolstools

3D in 3D 3D in 3D Virtual WorldsVirtual Worlds

ExamplesScenecaster Sketch Up Virtual

Earthgaia Second Life

My Virtual Model

DAZ 3D

View 22

Google Earth

Metanomics

imvu

3B

3D Voyager

Doppelganger

ActiveworldsFlash Environments

Human InteractionHuman Interaction

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3D Internet Leadership Focal Points

1. Value Driven – Operations, Support, Planning, Marketing -- leveraging 3DI capability

3. Sustain and Protect Systems and Value by ensuring 3DI is fit for government, business and society

5. Expand Value through interoperability and Integration

*************What’s REALLY HAPPENING******************************What’s REALLY HAPPENING*****************

We are closing the gap between static and real We are closing the gap between static and real time information, interaction and experiencetime information, interaction and experiencein a cost effective mannerin a cost effective manner