WOW is a virtual world with 6.5 million users from diverse backgrounds who collaborate, socialize and learn while having fun in a real-time, always-on environment. The article describes WOW as representing the future of real-time collaborative teams in diverse, real-time environments. The author concludes that WOW provides a glimpse into what our future may look like.

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6.5 million people

2. WOW is millions of people with diverse
backgrounds collaborating, socializing, and
learning while having fun. It represents the
future of real-time collaborative teams in an
always-on, diversity-intensive, real-time
environment.
WOW is a glimpse into our future.
Joi Ito in Wired Magazine

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