Are video calls the best we can do in the age of the metaverse? | Josephine Eyre

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🗓️ 9 December 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Remote work, while redefining the workplace landscape, seems stuck behind endless video conference calls that hinder free-flowing conversation and collaboration. In the 21st century, is that really the best we can do? Digital anthropologist Josephine Eyre makes the case for embracing the metaverse as an immersive meeting place that could help reignite creativity and communication.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Ted Talks Daily, I'm Elise Hugh.
0:06.9	We hear so much about it, but what is happening in the metaverse and what does it offer?
0:12.3	In her 2021 talk from Ted X Cape Town, communications expert Josephine Err makes a case for how the
0:18.1	metaverse can unleash creativity and collaboration that just wasn't possible before.
0:23.6	Her talk is after a short break.
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