The metaverse in work meetings

• According to Bill Gates, most virtual meetings will move to the metaverse within 2-3 years
• The virtual office in the metaverse will be a complement to the physical company, not a substitute

At the end of 2021, Bill Gates gave his prediction: Most virtual meetings will move to the metaverse within 2-3 years, with workers interacting using VR goggles and avatars.

Video calls have undergone a high technological development in recent times and the new bet is the metaverse, where the participants will be present with an avatar in virtual environments. From there, the big tech companies like Microsoft or Meta are getting to work to offer their communications services and access to the metaverse, both for professional, personal or leisure spheres.

Virtual office

The virtual office or workspace is in full swing, positioning itself in the metaverse and as a natural evolution of video calls. According to expert voices, the experience will be more interactive, since it will take place in the best possible recreation of the physical environment, but with the advantages of digital.

In addition, the necessary technology for this is within our reach. We need virtual reality glasses or helmets to have an immersive experience; but with a microphone, a camera and a large monitor it is also possible.

Several options

In principle, the option more generalized It is what technology companies will offer with their own products such as Horizon Workrooms or Microsoft Teams. With them you can easily access virtual offices created from your user account.

The second option offers two options:

• Create a virtual office in an existing metaverse virtual world, such as Roblox or Decentraland.
• Build a private and secure space in which to host virtual online meetings.

And the third and last would allow us to create our own virtual world in the metaverse, as a private universe with restricted or public access. It is evident that this option is the most technically complex, although it is also the most customizable and possibly the most efficient for optimizing results in the work metaverse.

The great advantage of the metaverse

On this point there is consensus, since experts agree that the metaverse will make the connection between the physical world and the digital world, a fact that will make it easier for companies to access all the global talent, without limitation physical or geographic.

In any case, the metaverse will generate new ways and options of working, but it will not replace physical presence in companies, although we could understand it differently.