Not everybody hates looking at themselves on ZoomproclaimsWSU Insiders Sara Zaske.
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Their article referencesrecent researchfrom Washington State University associate professor Kristine Kuhn.
Kuhns work recognizes that individual results may vary, but its interesting to note the general divide.
Whether or not youre comfortable on a Zoom call isnt necessarily a good indicator of employee value or productivity.
If you, for example, are a news anchor, it might be a big deal.
However, we dont live in a perfect world.
Luckily, the big silly zeitgeist of 2022 is certain to be the metaverse.
If yourewondering what the metaverse is, its whatever any given companys marketing team says it is.
A small percentage of the population simply cannot experience VR without getting sick.
And, unless you work in the VR sector, that would be arbitrary and purposeless discrimination.
If you buy an NFT hat for your avatar to wear, itll be there in VR.
Itll also automatically update to your verified social media accounts and all your connected web profiles.
You dont go to the metaverse, its just there.
Gmail will probably have metaverse integration.
Metaverse all the things!
Sure, wecando stuff like that already.
Weve all seen the hilarious videos of important peopleaccidentally turning themselves into wacky avatars.
Itll legitimize, normalize, and make them profitable.
Because theres gold in them thar hills!
Thats the only future I want to live in.
