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Inside Facebook’s metaverse for work

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    JXM
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    This sounds horrifying to me and I want nothing to do with it. Working in a VR office and taking VR meetings sounds horrible.

    This sounds horrifying to me and I want nothing to do with it. Working in a VR office and taking VR meetings sounds horrible.

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    1. stu2b50
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      Seems quite cool to me. Video conferencing right now misses many dimensions of human communication - it’s really just audio, given the state of webcams currently and the dislocated nature of a...

      Seems quite cool to me. Video conferencing right now misses many dimensions of human communication - it’s really just audio, given the state of webcams currently and the dislocated nature of a bunch of webcam squares. But we also communicate with physical cues.

      From the screenshots it seems that it’s still in a primitive state, so I’m not sure if the models or tracking have the fidelity to transmit that information.

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  2. moocow1452
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    I am half considering picking up a Quest once there's some serious effort of making a productivity solution, mostly because I like the idea of putting myself into amusement deprivation and having...

    I am half considering picking up a Quest once there's some serious effort of making a productivity solution, mostly because I like the idea of putting myself into amusement deprivation and having nothing to do but work on things instead of letting myself get distracted. I'd imagine that boredom would find a way, in addition to having to live with supporting Facebook doing nebulous evil as part of my daily routine. I don't think I would like trying to be productive with other people in a VR space, would maybe be a bit too uncanny.

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