Intel與QWAQ合作加強虛擬工作產品

QWAQ AND INTEL COLLABORATE ON ENHANCED VIRTUAL WORKSPACE PRODUCT

INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, SAN FRANCISCO -- September 20, 2007 – Miramar, a 3D information space technology originally developed by Intel’s research labs will be brought to market by Qwaq, Inc. the secure virtual workspace company. The agreement announced today at IDF enables a new desktop visualization edition of Qwaq Forums that will integrate 2D desktop applications and shared 3D information workspaces for large numbers of users to easily visualize and manipulate enterprise information. Qwaq and Intel will work together to integrate Miramar technology into this new cross-platform edition of Qwaq Forums, which will be available next year. Intel CTO, Justin Rattner, demonstrates these new technologies today in his keynote on the future of virtual worlds.

“The combination of Miramar and Qwaq Forums will enable information, which is now only available to individual departments or divisions, to be easily accessed and shared across the enterprise, resulting in a single, unified view of information,” said Justin Rattner, CTO, Intel. “Intel will use the desktop visualization edition of Qwaq Forums to dramatically enhance productivity of our global distributed workforce.”

Originally developed by Intel Architecture Labs, Miramar was designed to increase the productivity of distributed enterprises by enabling new information visualization capabilities across distributed teams. The Miramar technology leverages immersive 3D environments and enables users to transition seamlessly between virtual environments and traditional 2D desktop applications.

Qwaq Forums, released earlier this year, significantly enhances the productivity of distributed teams by bringing critical resources together in a virtual place, as if they were in the same physical location, and providing them with all the tools and collaboration capabilities they need to work more effectively together. With Qwaq Forums, users can collectively establish workflow steps, create or review information in software applications, and evaluate designs in 2D and 3D, all while discussing topics using built-in text and voice chat. Qwaq Forums virtual workspaces are always available so users can return to a forum at any time to access and view changes that have occurred since they last visited the virtual space.

“Virtual workspaces have already proven their value for enterprise collaboration. The desktop visualization edition of Qwaq Forums provides distributed enterprises with a powerful new way to visualize and share information globally,” said Greg Nuyens, CEO of Qwaq. “Intel’s selection of Qwaq Forums to be the delivery platform for its Miramar technology is further recognition of the strength of our architecture and our approach to enterprise collaboration.”