Meeting in the metaverse: Fantasy or the future of work?
As virtual worlds become more accessible, communicators might consider taking their workplaces into the metaverse.
For many of us, virtual meetings are a cakewalk by now. You arrange your backdrop, fix your hair and put on soft pants before logging on to Zoom, Teams or Google Meet and getting down to business with your colleagues.
But there’s a new digital workplace tool that is slowly becoming more common: meetings held in the metaverse, using virtual reality technology.
The same technology that allows kids to immerse themselves in Roblox or enables your golf buddies to play a round from home is that which has begun to creep into boardrooms and home offices.
In a recent episode of “Marketplace,” host Kai Ryssdal quipped, “Is it the future of work? Yes. Is it the future of work tomorrow? No chance.” And while meetings held in the metaverse might still be futuristic fantasy for most of us, it’s already become a reality at some organizations.
Meeting in the metaverse
Rabrindra Ratan, associate professor of media and information at Michigan State University, uses VR technology from Meta to meet with his undergraduate students.
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