When it comes to business-focused virtual platforms, customers typically have to choose between platforms that are completely customizable and difficult to use, or easy to use but not particularly customizable.
The recent crop of Web-based, enterprise-friendly virtual environments like VenueGen,Web.alive, Assemblive, ReactionGrid’s Jibe, and 3DXplorer have made great strides in the direction of usability.
The previous generation of virtual world platforms — ProtoSphere, Teleplace, and SAIC’s Olive — requires that the software be installed on corporate servers, and that end users download heavy clients.
