"Attended" a conference a few months ago run entirely on Remo, which uses a kind of avatar system to replicate the in-person vibe. And also used the test version of Gather to see if it'd be useful for our company.
My limited opinion is that it's fun and novel at first, largely because it feels like a video game, but it quickly becomes a bit cumbersome to have to "move around" to "meet" and "interact" with others. I may not have given it enough of a chance. But at the moment, at least at our company, we're fairly OK with most interactions being text-based on Slack.
Overall, to me so far, this kind of thing suits online conferences a little bit better than it does an office environment. Maybe if you go one-step further with AR/VR it becomes more "real?"
Have been working as part of a remote team for the past two years on my latest venture Quidli since Day 1 with varying levels of successes and failures ;)
"Attended" a conference a few months ago run entirely on Remo, which uses a kind of avatar system to replicate the in-person vibe. And also used the test version of Gather to see if it'd be useful for our company.
My limited opinion is that it's fun and novel at first, largely because it feels like a video game, but it quickly becomes a bit cumbersome to have to "move around" to "meet" and "interact" with others. I may not have given it enough of a chance. But at the moment, at least at our company, we're fairly OK with most interactions being text-based on Slack.
Overall, to me so far, this kind of thing suits online conferences a little bit better than it does an office environment. Maybe if you go one-step further with AR/VR it becomes more "real?"
Justin
Remote Work Experience
Have been working as part of a remote team for the past two years on my latest venture Quidli since Day 1 with varying levels of successes and failures ;)