Telework in metaverse precursors already a reality


A person wearing an Oculus Quest 2 attends a virtual meeting using Immersed Virtual Reality program at the Immersed offices in Austin, Texas. While still the stuff of science fiction for most people, forerunners of the metaverse vision for the Internet’s future are already de rigueur for handfuls of people beyond the gamer and techno-hipster crowds. — AFP

SAN FRANCISCO: Depending on his mood, Jeff Weiser settles down to work in a Parisian cafe, a mysterious cave or high above the Earth, thanks to the budding metaverse.

Weiser lives in the midwestern US state of Ohio but his workplace is in a faux realm accessed using virtual reality head gear.

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