Re:The Virtual HQ for Your Remote Team
by ehnto on Sunday September 13, 2020 @02:02AM
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Preface, I recognize this had it's place. Just sharing my view.
As someone who has spent years participating in online worlds and communities in the form of videogames, you would think I would be stoked by stuff like this. But it is pretty scary to me. It is one thing to participate in an online community for fun. To think my contributions to "real" life is to be represented digitally is terrifying.
The day we put on VR headsets to have a virtual meeting will be the day I move to an esoteric cabin in the woods and live off of spiders and disappointment that the world fell apart.
The trouble is that I know it is fun, and I know it can work well. I believe in the technology. But it is only satisfying because I have a real life to work on too. Working on software is already an ephemeral experience, this would be my life jumping the shark.
I doubt it has as many features as Branch, but it's still useful (and fun to try!).
As someone who has spent years participating in online worlds and communities in the form of videogames, you would think I would be stoked by stuff like this. But it is pretty scary to me. It is one thing to participate in an online community for fun. To think my contributions to "real" life is to be represented digitally is terrifying.
The day we put on VR headsets to have a virtual meeting will be the day I move to an esoteric cabin in the woods and live off of spiders and disappointment that the world fell apart.
The trouble is that I know it is fun, and I know it can work well. I believe in the technology. But it is only satisfying because I have a real life to work on too. Working on software is already an ephemeral experience, this would be my life jumping the shark.