http://eightbar.co.uk/2008/02/11/ibm-at-the-nrf/ Raising The Eight Bar Thu, 10 May 2012 17:04:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3 http://eightbar.co.uk/2008/02/11/ibm-at-the-nrf/comment-page-1/#comment-240979 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:53:13 +0000 http://eightbar.co.uk/?p=443#comment-240979 […] excited for the team that have been working so hard on this from both companies. We reported on it a while back when it appeared on the street which may have not shown teh full extent of the emerging partnership. Well as its out on the wires […]

]]> http://eightbar.co.uk/2008/02/11/ibm-at-the-nrf/comment-page-1/#comment-225575 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:27:04 +0000 http://eightbar.co.uk/?p=443#comment-225575 […] Bernadette Duponchel was recently at the National Retail Federation conference with the rest of her team, presenting IBM’s take on virtual worlds for the fashion design industry. This is the second consecutive year IBM has demonstrated the use of virtual worlds at the NRF. The brief demo highlights the benefits of real-time collaborative design, short feedback loops when tweaking materials and costs, and even pre-selling the item before it is physically manufactured. Read more at Eightbar. […]

]]> http://eightbar.co.uk/2008/02/11/ibm-at-the-nrf/comment-page-1/#comment-221016 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:04:02 +0000 http://eightbar.co.uk/?p=443#comment-221016 […] From: eightbar IBM at the NRF Quote from the site – Does your avatar know how to make actual money? Bernadette Duponchel’s does. She was recently at the National Retail Federation conference with the rest of her team, presenting IBM’s take on virtual worlds for the fashion design industry. […]

]]> http://eightbar.co.uk/2008/02/11/ibm-at-the-nrf/comment-page-1/#comment-219301 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:58:11 +0000 http://eightbar.co.uk/?p=443#comment-219301 Why the synergies between production and 3D virtual worlds isn’t being aggressively investigated by all industries still escapes me. Thanks for this.

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