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That may be true, but a bigger question is, "How much value does social presence provide?" No doubt there are people who really express a need to meet in the s
by blunte 5y ago
That may be true, but a bigger question is, "How much value does social presence provide?"
No doubt there are people who really express a need to meet in the same room with others; but as this new remote reality we're currently in has shown, quite a lot of people can get quite a lot done with just audio or audio+video meetings.
So is social presence valuable enough to outweigh the certain technical challenges, additional expenses and complexity, and other as yet unidentified challenges that would come with VR meetings? If I were betting, I would say no. (And I'm a fan of VR.)
- baby 5y agoI tend to agree here, while everybody put their camera on at the beginning of the covid, now I see much more people turning off their cameras during meetings. That being said, having an avatar is a much different feeling, and I could see how one could tune what degree of realism they want to expose to others. Perhaps some people could just look like robots, while others could show all of their facial expressions.
- istorical 5y agoI would say that for most meetings, the current state of VR is not worth it. So no to your question. But I would also disagree with "quite a lot of people can get quite a lot done with just audio or audio+video meetings" at least to the extent that I would say people who will enjoy this work culture long-term are in the minority. I truly don't believe most people are meant to work in a room alone for hours everyday (even though some thrive on it!).