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These days, AI is the hot new piece of tech on the block. But that doesn’t mean metaverses have disappeared. Immersive, virtual realities are being used to train pilots and surgeons. Management students are taking virtual field trips to factories around the world. And one day, communicating in VR may be as common as taking a Zoom call.

If that happens, what does that mean for how we work? What happens when we present ourselves through customized avatars, rather than a true image of ourselves? Can VR help facilitate more personal, meaningful connections between coworkers? Or will it just be a new way to monitor workers and absorb them into the surveillance economy?

Eric Dicaire, Delve’s managing editor, discusses with Professor Emma Vaast. The conversation begins with a simple question: Why should we care about metaverses right now? They discuss the potential use cases of immersive platforms, what it could mean for how we work, and what the future holds for metaverse development.

Read Professor Vaast’s paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0963868725000538

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