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for Meetings
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What’s
Currently
Wrong With
Meetings?
Distractions
People do other work
No eye contact
Little to no body language
Not engaging
No sense of presence
Delay
Can you hear me?
Hi all, <name> has joined
Stats
69% say they meetings are interrupted
62% say meetings do not bring teams closer
together
59% of Employees are less effective and
engaged
40% drop off without announcing they’ve
done so
27% have fallen asleep
13% have been ‘outed’ for taking a call in a
place they should not be
https://hbr.org/2014/08/what-people-are-really-doing-when-theyre-on-a-conference-call
https://smallbiztrends.com/2018/04/meeting-statistics.html
https://hbr.org/2014/08/what-people-are-really-doing-when-theyre-on-a-conferenc
Issues With XR
Meetings
Still issues with non-verbal
communication
Typing on a keyboard
Personal space
Latency
Avatars
Advantages of XR
Meetings
Everyone is focused
Sense of presence for distributed teams
Reduces cost
Reduces C02 footprint
Saves time
Increases memory retention
Experiences are treated as reality
Behaviour is impacted by virtual space
Avatars Are Not Professional
Skype/Phone/TP is Just Fine
I Don’t Want to Wear a
Headset
VR Progression
1950-2012
VR Makes Me Sick
Advantages of XR
Meetings
Everyone is focused
Sense of presence for distributed teams
Reduces cost
Reduces C02 footprint
Saves time
Increases memory retention
Experiences are treated as reality
Behaviour is impacted by virtual space
You and Your Avatar: XR
for Meetings
• Twitter: @debmayers24​
• Website: http://debmayers.com
• Sketchfab: https://sketchfab.com/debmayers24
• Github: https://github.com/dmayers340

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You and Your Avatar: XR for Meetings

Editor's Notes

  1. So what is currently wrong with meetings? Imagine the scenario, you’ve just dialled into your telepresence meeting, without video, and you announce you’ve joined the room, only to find that they’ve already started the meeting but you couldn’t tell because there is a 30 second delay on your phone. You present an idea at the meeting, but you cannot see the people, you cannot make eye contact and read their body language. Any of that sound familiar? Really the biggest drawback of current ways of conducting meetings, over Skype, or the phone is just the lack of connection and presence with everyone in the meeting.
  2. And just to add a few numbers