{"id":327641,"date":"2021-08-19T20:15:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T17:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/facebook-launches-virtual-reality-business-meetings\/"},"modified":"2021-08-19T20:15:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T17:15:54","slug":"facebook-launches-virtual-reality-business-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-launches-virtual-reality-business-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"#Facebook launches virtual-reality business meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> launches virtual-reality business meetings<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Facebook wants to replace in-person business meetings and Zoom calls with a virtual reality world where people are represented by avatars. <\/p>\n<p>The company revealed its plans with an open beta test of its \u201cHorizon Workrooms\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a> on Thursday \u2014 part of Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s broader plans for Facebook to dominate the \u201cmetaverse.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Facebook users access Horizon Workrooms while wearing the company\u2019s Oculus Quest 2 headsets. Once inside, they are represented by crude-looking avatars that can talk, raise their hands, write on virtual whiteboards and make presentations on a virtual projector.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The rooms can support up to 16 users with Oculus headsets, which cost $300 each. Up to 34 additional users can also join the rooms using video calls, according to Facebook.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/mark-zuckerberg.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Mark Zuckerberg\" class=\"wp-image-19179324\" width=\"327\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/mark-zuckerberg.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=322 327w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/mark-zuckerberg.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=161 163w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/mark-zuckerberg.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\"\/><figcaption>Horizon Workrooms will allow more employees to work from wherever they like, according to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mark Zuckerberg said the feature would allow many workers who are often forced live in big cities like New York and Los Angeles to move to more far-flung locations and work remotely.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn five years from now, people are going to be able to live where they want and work from wherever they want \u2014 but are going to be able to feel present as if they\u2019re together when they\u2019re doing that,\u201d Zuckerberg said in a Thursday morning <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=frZQrEBVkkk\">interview<\/a> with Gayle King on CBS that was conducted partially in virtual reality.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOpportunities should be able to everyone,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>But Zuckerberg has also seen the rise of remote work as an opportunity to slash his employees\u2019 pay.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the Facebook founder told employees who want to work remotely from cheaper areas that the company will cut their salaries, warning of \u201csevere ramifications\u201d for any employees who lied about their locations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other big tech companies like Twitter, LinkedIn and S<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>e have also said they will slash salaries for employees who leave pricey areas. Google recently told some employees who choose to work from home that they will face pay cuts of up to 25 percent.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/facebook-horizon-workrooms-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Virtual reality drawing\" class=\"wp-image-19179073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/facebook-horizon-workrooms-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/facebook-horizon-workrooms-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/facebook-horizon-workrooms-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Participants will be able to write on virtual whiteboards and make presentations on a virtual projector.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Facebook frames its effort to make work virtual as part of its broader plan for the \u201cmetaverse,\u201d an online shared space that melds the internet, augmented reality and virtual reality. In addition to working, users will be also be able to socialize, shop and play <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s, according to the CEO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of being an internet that we look at, it\u2019s an internet that we are a part of or that we can be inside of,\u201d Zuckerberg said of the metaverse.<\/p>\n<p>When King lightly pushed back on Zuckerberg\u2019s effort to make work virtual, saying she missed being around her colleagues in the office, the Facebook CEO joked about being a shut-in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/facebook-horizon-workrooms-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Avatars meeting together at a table\" class=\"wp-image-19179077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/facebook-horizon-workrooms-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/facebook-horizon-workrooms-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/facebook-horizon-workrooms-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Real-life users will wear Oculus Quest 2 headsets while accessing Horizon Workrooms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re probably a bit more extroverted than most people, I guess. 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