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Virtual reality to transform future workplaces

 

Virtual reality is set to transform future workplaces by becoming the preferred method of communication, training, socialization and collaboration due to its ability to deliver immersive experiences in these areas, London Business School professor Lynda Gratton said in a report released last month.

Virtual reality enables “many-to-many communications,” in a more interactive and immersive way, and thus will make it easier and faster to share knowledge and achieve collaboration while reducing real geographical spaces, she said.

It will help to create a feeling of community, rationalize the information flow and help to better deal with linguistic and cultural diversity, she said.

The report was co-authored by David Smith, a futurologist and chief executive of Global Futures and Foresight, a strategic futures and research organization.

“Virtual reality will redraw the remote work experience significantly throughout the coming decade — a game changer in all forms of communication as profound as the birth of the Internet,” said Gratton.

In a study referenced in the report, 80 percent of respondents said they felt social tools would eventually replace email as the main method of communication.

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