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Fancy being an avatar at work? Your dream might be on the horizon

Facebook has launched a VR remote work app, calling it a step to the ‘metaverse’

22 August 2021 - 18:47 By Elizabeth Culliford

Facebook has launched a test of a new virtual-reality remote work app where users of the company’s Oculus Quest 2 headsets can hold meetings as avatar versions of themselves...

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