{"id":390739,"date":"2022-01-06T23:05:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T20:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-metaverse-avatars-could-level-the-playing-field-for-remote-workers\/"},"modified":"2022-01-06T23:05:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T20:05:10","slug":"how-metaverse-avatars-could-level-the-playing-field-for-remote-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-metaverse-avatars-could-level-the-playing-field-for-remote-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"#How metaverse avatars could level the playing field for remote workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#How metaverse avatars could level the playing field for remote workers<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2022%2F01%2Fcatface.jpg&amp;signature=0c2288562f73c6e8ed76ea9d66c1d9dd\" \/><\/p>\n<div>You either log off ashamed of your own face, or you stay on Zoom long enough to become a narcissist.<\/p>\n<p>Those are the options being presented by researchers, pundits, and a host of other people who started writing about COVID-19 and working from home a few years back under the pretense things would be back to normal by Christmas\u2026 of 2020.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/ozs2jfiyea?videoFoam=true&amp;autoPlay=true\" title=\"\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wistia_embed\" name=\"wistia_embed\" allowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s 2022 now and we\u2019re hitting a fever pitch when it comes to pontificating on the finer nuances of human psychology through the microscopic lens of a web cam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot everybody hates looking at themselves on Zoom\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.wsu.edu\/news\/not-everybody-hates-looking-at-themselves-on-zoom\">proclaims<\/a> WSU Insider\u2019s Sara Zaske.<\/p>\n<p>Their article references <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0747563221004337\">recent research<\/a> from Washington State University associate professor Kristine Kuhn. In a survey of more than 80 workers who\u2019d been displaced from the office and forced to work remotely due to COVID-19, Kuhn found that some folks didn\u2019t like seeing themselves on camera and others did.<\/p>\n<p>Per the research:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Two studies of people attending regular virtual meetings, one conducted with newly remote employees from a variety of organizations and one with business students shifted to remote learning, test this assumption. In both studies, the association between frequency of self-view during meetings and aversion to virtual meetings was contingent on a dispositional trait: the user\u2019s degree of public self-consciousness.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kuhn\u2019s work recognizes that individual results may vary, but it\u2019s interesting to note the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> divide.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not you\u2019re comfortable on a Zoom call isn\u2019t necessarily a good indicator of employee value or productivity.<\/p>\n<p>If you, for example, are a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> anchor, it might be a big deal. But most of us should reasonably expect to be able to retain gainful employment whether we\u2019re good on camera or not.<\/p>\n<p>However, we don\u2019t live in a perfect world. People who thrive in front of their own digital visage can potentially get a leg up on those of us who\u2019d rather not be forced to make eye contact with themselves.<\/p>\n<p>And, worse, people who experience genuine anxiety at the prospect of spending time on camera every day can find themselves somewhat ostracized as society pummels toward the complete normalization of the idea that <em>being employed means being monitored on camera<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, the big silly zeitgeist of 2022 is certain to be the metaverse. If you\u2019re wondering what the metaverse is, it\u2019s whatever any given company\u2019s marketing team says it is.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the only important thing you really need to know about the metaverse right now: it won\u2019t be a VR-only experience. A small percentage of the population simply cannot experience VR without getting sick.<\/p>\n<p>And, unless you work in the VR sector, that would be arbitrary and purposeless discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>The metaverse will have VR components, but the big sell here is that the metaverse is its own complete \u201cthing\u201d unto itself. So, you probably wouldn\u2019t log in to the VR metaverse and then log out of it to go on a videoconferencing call.<\/p>\n<p>The future that big tech sees for all of us is one wherein your presence in the metaverse is as permanent and unique as you are. If you buy an NFT hat for your avatar to wear, it\u2019ll be there in VR. It\u2019ll also automatically update to your verified <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> accounts and all your connected web profiles. You don\u2019t go to the metaverse, it\u2019s just there.<\/p>\n<p>This means there\u2019s going to be a huge impetus for companies such as Meta (formerly Facebook) and Google to integrate metaverse concepts into their business software. In other words: Google Meet is probably going to go to great lengths to incorporate some form of metaverse avatar integration right there in the <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>. Gmail will probably have metaverse integration. Metaverse all the things!<\/p>\n<p>Sure, we\u00a0<em>can<\/em> do stuff like that already. We\u2019ve all seen the hilarious videos of important people <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lGOofzZOyl8\">accidentally turning themselves into wacky avatars<\/a>. But the metaverse threatens to do for silly things like cartoon avatars and paying real money for fake hats what the internet and Facebook did for self-photography and non-traditional media enterprises. It\u2019ll legitimize, normalize, and make them profitable.<\/p>\n<p>Why? Because there\u2019s gold in them thar hills! What\u2019s the point of convincing a tiny portion of the population to buy really expensive NFTs when you can convince a giant portion of the population that it\u2019s just as important to have a nice shirt on your avatar as it is to shower before you physically go to the office.<\/p>\n<p>No matter how you feel about the metaverse, digital shirts, or big tech, it\u2019s important to keep the big picture in mind: if these predictions come true, I\u2019ll never have to be on cam again.<\/p>\n<p>I can roll out of bed, click a button to dress up my avatar in a business suit, and look presentable for a meeting with my company\u2019s CEO. Meanwhile, in reality, I look like someone who stuck their finger in a light socket and I\u2019m wearing footie pajamas.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the only future I want to live in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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