{"id":1043,"date":"2023-06-29T10:18:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T10:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hello.inherentknowledge.org\/2024\/2023\/06\/29\/meta-exec-vr-meetings-will-coexist-with-not-replace-videoconferencing-for-now\/"},"modified":"2023-06-29T10:18:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T10:18:10","slug":"meta-exec-vr-meetings-will-coexist-with-not-replace-videoconferencing-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hello.inherentknowledge.org\/2024\/2023\/06\/29\/meta-exec-vr-meetings-will-coexist-with-not-replace-videoconferencing-for-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta exec: VR meetings will coexist with, not replace, videoconferencing (for now)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Often associated with gaming, virtual reality may one day have a place in the office too, providing a more immersive experience and greater sense of presence than is possible with a video call.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the idea behind Meta\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/3630408\/facebook-promises-immersive-vr-meetings-with-horizon-workrooms.html\">Horizon Workrooms<\/a>, a virtual 3D environment where colleagues can meet and interact just as they would in person, regardless of where they are physically located. Although a VR headset isn\u2019t required to participate in a Workrooms meeting, when accessed via the company\u2019s Quest Pro \u2014 a high-end headset launched last year and aimed at business use \u2014 attendees\u2019 avatars are capable of a range of expressions, due to the headset\u2019s five internal infrared sensors, which can track a user\u2019s eye and facial movements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jumpTag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/3699115\/designing-virtual-meeting-environment-interview-mike-lebeau-meta-horizon-workrooms.html#jump\">To read this article in full, please click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often associated with gaming, virtual reality may one day have a place in the office too, providing a more immersive experience and greater sense of presence than is possible with a video call. That\u2019s the idea behind Meta\u2019s Horizon Workrooms, a virtual 3D environment where colleagues can meet and interact just as they would in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hello.inherentknowledge.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hello.inherentknowledge.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hello.inherentknowledge.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hello.inherentknowledge.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hello.inherentknowledge.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hello.inherentknowledge.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hello.inherentknowledge.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hello.inherentknowledge.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}