A 'Second Life' for NATO staffers

NATO's got a new plan for training up employees and running the alliance's day-to-day business: create a virtual world. The organization is after software models that would simulate its real-world headquarters, as well as NATO's North American command center, the Headquarters Supreme Allied Command Transformation in Norfolk, Va. The 3D programs would be used for training purposes and meetings, and NATO hopes they'll improve staff communication and productivity, while circumventing "the inhibitions to collaboration posed by physical distance and time zones."

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