It’s Simply Like Work, Solely Worse
There are a sixteen researchers who lately wrapped up a digital work week within the Metaverse, spending eight hours a day for 5 days with a Meta Quest 2 headset strapped to their heads. To make it simpler on them they have been allowed to work to their very own agenda versus having a completely structured work week, and to make it extra acquainted they arrange their digital atmosphere to imitate a bodily keyboard/monitor setup.
The vast majority of the researchers reported considerably extra frustration, nervousness, visible fatigue, movement illness than a standard work week produces on the finish of the examine. These reported signs have been anecdotal because the design of the examine didn’t have set targets to measure however ending the week feeling such as you did lower than you could possibly have doesn’t communicate nicely to the effectiveness of working within the Metaverse. As nicely, having VR goggles strapped to their heads for eight hours a day result in important eyestrain.
The Meta headsets are nonetheless being developed and improved but it surely feels like the times of digital places of work are nonetheless some methods off.
