Employee Benefit News May 10, 2022
We may think we know what it means to work virtually, but the online workplace is evolving into nothing we’ve ever experienced before.
The metaverse — a collection of virtual reality experiences people can access online — is becoming more than an elusive buzzword. By 2030, it’s anticipated that 5 billion people will interact on the metaverse, according to a report by Citi. For employers, this is an opportunity to rethink how — and where — we work.
“The metaverse really is an evolution of how we communicate,” says David Whalen, CEO of Engage XR, a metaverse-building platform. “It’s a spatial way of communicating where you feel like you’re in the same room with somebody — you can...