Accounts Payable Deathmatch
A few years ago, I wondered what it would be like to write a back office software package that gave users a gaming front end instead of a normal GUI. Sure, there were lots of mockups floating around of filesystems you could “walk through” like some weird Tron-like library, but that seemed so boring.
I mean, why not take an interface like SimCity and map it to real business functions. Transportation and Logistics comes to mind. Even better would be a first-person shooter hooked into your accounting system. POs get processed in record time! Blam, blam, blam!
Alright, psychotic idea. I mean, who would want to have fun doing actual work…
Virtual Worlds Poised to Become Valuable Work Tools:
orrester has released a new report into the use of virtual worlds in the workplace. The report makes the big claim that “within five years, the 3-D Internet will be as important for work as the Web is today”. But before we get too carried away, the report also notes that right now virtual worlds are not user friendly to the enterprise crowd – “you’ve practically got to be a gamer to use most of these tools”, Forrester notes.
The report, entitled ‘Getting Real Work Done In Virtual Worlds’, states that Virtual worlds like Second Life, There.com, and “more business-focused offerings” are on the verge of becoming valuable work tools.
[Via: ReadWriteWeb]
