In his annual blog on jitsnots Bill Gates wrote that the past two years have been huge technical strides for how we communicate. Within three years, it is believed that the majority of virtual meetings will take place at the metaversum.
“In two to three years, I think most virtual meetings will be moved from 2D camera frames — which I call the Hollywoods Squares model, though I know it reveals my age — to Metaversum, a 3D space with digital avatars,” Bill Gates writes and continues.
“There are a lot of companies working on 3D avatars, and I recently had the opportunity to test some of their prototypes. I was very impressed with what I saw.”
Like Meta (formerly Facebook), Microsoft is also working on several products for the “metaverse”.
At the same time, Bill Gates stated that today there are not many people who have virtual reality glasses and controllers. Something that would slow down the transition compared to how to transition to remote work because many already have some form of webcam. He writes that Microsoft is currently working on a solution where the webcam can be used to produce an animated avatar.
Another challenge he writes is developing technology that can create more automation for virtual communication than is available today. Something that many notably lack from traditional office work.
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