Virtual reality is transforming what it means to work from home
Town halls, weekly meetings, and international conferences are increasingly being pushed into virtual worlds
11 February 2021 • 6:00am
When autonomous driving company Five wanted to tell its staff about its latest re-brand, it decided to ditch the Zoom call.
Instead, workers were invited into a virtual game world built specifically for them. Using software called Gather.Town, staff could walk their avatar over to a colleague and immediately start a conversation. You entered this virtual world and you could chat to the people next to you, but people four or five rows away were too far away to chat to, says Stan Boland, the company s chief executive.