Even if the situation around the coronavirus eases somewhat due to vaccinations that are now well developed in many countries, many employees are still told these days: working from home is the order of the day. However, this has nothing to do with cooperation with well-known colleagues in the office. After all, employees often sit alone in their four walls, while others only see them in timed video conferences. For people who need social interaction outside of meetings to function efficiently, this is a real nightmare. Perhaps Facebook recognized this as well and developed a virtual work environment with Horizon Workrooms.
Horizon Workrooms: Virtual Office
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Not only presentations, employees also develop projects on them. With the help of the Oculus Quest 2 grip, as with its real counterpart, you can score handwritten bullet points or even make drawings. Apart from that, Horizon workrooms offer the possibility to add your own technology such as monitor, keyboard and mouse to the virtual work environment. Once this is done, the system records the position of the finger and simulates a virtual image of the keyboard. With this, Facebook wants to make typing easier for people who don’t know the order of keys by heart.
Horizon Workrooms: up to 50 participants
Also interesting: Even if the Oculus Quest 2 is essential for the active use of Horizon workrooms, Facebook isn’t locking up anyone who doesn’t have VR goggles. Because it is also possible to connect to a room from the computer via a video call. The system then displays the people involved via the video key – just like in a real meeting room – on the screen. 50 people can participate, up to 16 of them with their VR glasses and their avatar.
Horizon workrooms: Available for free
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The only problem: Oculus Quest 2 is not yet officially available in Germany, but it can only be obtained in the usually much more expensive import form.
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