Source: Economictimes.com
Controlling an electrical device using a switch in the virtual world of internet would no more be distant dream, with IBM India planning to develop an "interface" to suit such applications.
Objects like a webcam could be connected to a virtual monitor or a real electric appliance to a virtual switch, according to a project conceived during an internship program for students of top-notch technical and business schools at IBM India Software Lab.
The project enhances the possibilities of the three-dimensional online virtual world-Second Life- developed by San Fransisco based Linden Lab and opened for the public in 2003.
Over the years, the popularity of Second Life has grown explosively among internet users with over 8 million 'residents' across the globe.
In Second Life, internet users can interact with each other and can buy and sell services through their 'avataars.'
"As per the new project, the interface will allow users in the virtual world to experience objects in the real world through a new and exciting Rich Immersive Environment," Benjamin Chodroff of Case Western Reserve University in the US, who came up with the idea during the recently held internship program, told PTI.
The new idea has many applications and will enhance both the virtual world and real world with rich connectivity and on-demand access from any part of the globe, he added.
Chodroff, one among the 30 students from various technical and business schools who attended the 12-week program,'Extreme Blue,' hopes to find his project developed and marketed with the help of IBM.
According to Amol Mahamuni, Program Director, IBM India Software Lab, Extreme Blue Team Members, during their 12-week internship, develop innovative projects along with marketing plan for an emerging business opportunity in areas that include business on demand, grid computing, pervasive computing and Linux.
The program also brought forth some new innovative projects like "Dynamic Power Management" which would help plan the quantum of power to be used by data centers, thereby preventing wastage of energy.
Another project-an automatic planning tool for distributed and overlapping projects- was well received by IBM executives, mentors,sponsors and peers during an expo held as part of the program, said Mohit Gupta of NIIT,Warangal, who along with Anupama Mridul of IIT, Roorkee, developed the project.
"The internship intends to cultivate innovative thinking among the talented students and encourages them to come up with the out-of-the-box ideas to meet emerging business needs while assessing the market feasibilities," said Mahamuni.
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