> If I'm on a Zoom call with 8 other people and the conversation shifts to something that doesn't concern me, I can bring up a code editor and continue hacking

> If I'm on a Zoom call with 8 other people and the conversation shifts to something that doesn't concern me, I can bring up a code editor and continue hacking away at something without advertising that to my colleagues. I think in-person meetings are compelling, but it's a trade that most aren't willing to make. Snark aside, VR meetings have similar benefits and similar drawbacks to in-person meetings. Besides, this is covering for the uselessness of many meetings. If you are not contributing to the point that you are actually working on something else, you shouldn't have been there (or the meeting doesn't have an agenda, or invited too many people, etc). No tech can fix dysfunctional companies.