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Leveraging the Power of Virtual Worlds for Collaboration

Posted on October 22, 2010 by | Comments Off

FRI publishes white papers on topics of interest. Topics can include OpenSim legal considerations; content standards; licensing concerns; virtual world immersion; and new paradigms in on-line immersive education.

This week we released “Leveraging the Power of Virtual Worlds for Collaboration“, which discusses using virtual worlds to restructure entire industries and engineer new business processes, with a particular emphasis on the apparel (fashion) industry. The information shared includes:

* Value Proposition of Virtual Worlds
* Why the Apparel Industry
* B2C Use Case – Avatar Apparel
* Collaboration Use Case – Education
* B2B Case Study: ACLA and FRI
* B2B Case Study: IBM Research
* B2B Case Study: Intel Corporation

You can pick up a FREE copy of this white paper by visiting our website. We hope you will find this information useful and we encourage your comments/feedback.

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It’s that time of year – New York Fashion Week!

Posted on September 10, 2010 by | Comments Off
Vogue editors Anna Wintour and André Leon Tall...

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Fall Fashion Week kicked off in NYC yesterday. Our very own Shenlei will be rather busy attending events and networking with some of the hottest designers. Don’t worry Shen, we’ll hold down the fort.

If you have a passion for fashion, check out this article at Mashable.com on HOW TO FOLLOW FASHION WEEK ONLINE.

Send us you comments on what you adored and what you abhorred!

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FRI Showcasing at PDMA Global Conference

Posted on August 25, 2010 by | Comments Off

It’s been a while since we’ve posted. Gosh, we’ve been busy! So much going on at FRI this summer. Just wanted to pop in and share our excitement about an upcoming event this Fall.

Fashion Research Institute was selected by the Product Development and Management Association to showcase our work with Virtual Runway(TM) and Black Dress Design Studio.  The PDMA is hosting the 34th Annual Global Conference on Product Innovation October 16-20th in Orlando, FL.

One of the keynote speakers is Janet A. Carr, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Customer Engagement - Coach, Inc.  I can’t wait to see what she has to say about innovation and fashion !

I’m personally excited that I’ll also get to see the infamous Dan Pink speak. Okay, not as excited as the fact that we were chosen to showcase, but certainly a close 2nd.

For more information about what we will be presenting, visit http://conference.pdma.org/showcase_participants.cfm. And wish us luck on going after BEST OF SHOW !

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