IEEE Names Forterra a Winner for 2008 Global Technology

The editors of IEEE Spectrum, the trade publication of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, has selected Forterra Systems' OLIVE platform as one of the five best technologies of 2008. With a focus on real-world applications and specific business use cases, the award, hopefully, heralds more growth for the serious game-side of the virtual worlds industry. “As a lifelong admirer of the IEEE organization this selection is an incredible honor given the wide field of technologies considered,”  Dr. David Rolston, CEO of Forterra Systems, said in a statement. “However we agree 2008 will be an inflection point in our industry as more proof points are published about enterprise business processes being transformed by 3D applications. We will be making exciting announcements this year about customers using virtual applications for new forms of training and collaboration. Fundamentally, we are addressing how enterprises and their extended ecosystems can work more productively and effectively by operating virtually. Within 3 to 5 years we envision the typical business worker spending large portions of their day in immersive 3D environments.”