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jorge arteaga
December 30, 2022 at 1:39 pm
The question is …can we show or express compassion thru vr or video calls.
ICouldntThink0faName
December 30, 2022 at 4:48 pm
Many managers seem to fail that even with real people in a real meeting room.
Rafael Barros
December 30, 2022 at 1:45 pm
Huh adblocker didn’t get this one.
R Collo
December 30, 2022 at 1:52 pm
Organisations aren’t giving their staff VR headsets at all. I’d love to see the statistics on that.
Was this woman paid for by Facebook?
Zenithx3
December 30, 2022 at 1:52 pm
This was a disappointing use of my time.
Thato Mofolo
December 30, 2022 at 2:17 pm
Real talk 🤔
Zoe Blackmore
December 30, 2022 at 2:21 pm
While it does not include those unissued VR goggles the metaverse has already existed for 20 years, it is called Second Life, a decentralized more populated virtual world that is a 1000 times more varied and a1000 times more creative than Meta or any other big tech’s version. Folks mostly use it for fun, relaxation and social interaction.
Des
December 30, 2022 at 2:32 pm
Looking at the comments, I’m so glad others feel the same. A kid passionate about VR would do this talk in a secondary school classroom!
Scully
December 30, 2022 at 2:38 pm
How much did they pay you Ted?
Mike Schmidt
December 30, 2022 at 2:55 pm
The best we can do is no meta verse. Nuff said
FMeister94
December 30, 2022 at 2:56 pm
I was thinking this was going to be about getting people to go back to the board rooms and work in office but she went the exact opposite way 😂 (Didn’t properly read the title)
Esra
December 30, 2022 at 3:19 pm
7:13
sam
December 30, 2022 at 3:33 pm
Is workplace productivity really the best use of the metaverse?
Sibylle Leon
December 31, 2022 at 10:53 am
It’s not, as the speaker points out.
ICouldntThink0faName
December 30, 2022 at 4:45 pm
Besides VR being incredibly uncomfortable over even short periods of time with the heavy headset, misaligned lenses (my heart’s out to all those who wear glasses), cybersickness is a very real thing and can give you some of the worst migraines I’ve ever experienced.
This doesn’t even touch on the heavy technical cost of knowing how to operate and maintain the equipment, having a machine capable of VR, a fast and stable internet connection and the bump on your electricity bill.
Video calls are already too far in a company settings.
It’s even more disruptive than a regular call and amounts often to less since more attention is being used on looking “presentable”.
Anything important should be written down, which the asynchronous method of text chat already has as a neat feature.
Anything spoken is lost to the void the second the meeting ends, and thus, wasted information and effort.
Besides all of that, nearly any meeting would be better off as an email. Thus, the remaining function of these forced meetings, only exists to feed social vampires.
Sabin
December 30, 2022 at 11:10 pm
Google Wave was a pioneer in this field. Sadly, it didn’t catch on.
Alejay Santos
December 30, 2022 at 4:49 pm
Instead of focusing on a virtual reality, how about making reality a better place?
Virtual reality is a waste of resources.
devluz
December 31, 2022 at 7:44 pm
We should make reality better but I very much disagree with your argument. VR uses a lot less resources than the alternatives. If we replace real world meetings with VR it will use a lot less resources.
lolitsmatt
December 30, 2022 at 5:24 pm
The metaverse is for 5 year olds
Perceived Velocity
December 30, 2022 at 5:36 pm
Great another TED infomercial.
Matt Steelman
December 30, 2022 at 6:01 pm
Stop trying to make metaverse work. It’s not gonna work.
B A
December 30, 2022 at 7:44 pm
What would be really meta, would be if we are using virtual reality, when in fact our lives are just a virtual reality. I think Facebook knows something we don’t. Hence the name change to Meta…
George Anderson
December 30, 2022 at 8:03 pm
This lady has a very nice speaking voice and cadence, which is a shame because the content is extremely lacking. I expected a talk from Ted to be more insightful. My biggest issue, is not everything is metaverse. Metaverse is a name for a brand of vr. I think it’s very insensitive to assume that everyone on Earth has an adequate internet connection. Having a virtual work meeting is supposed to bring people together to make communication easier. But right now the technology is more distracting, and it seems to be the topic of communication. It would be like if a boss bought his construction crew a bunch of new hammers to help get their jobs done. But in the morning meeting instead of talking about everything that needs to be done, everyone is talking about the hammer. They are talking about what kind of belt holster they need for them, how it has accelerometers in it to measure the hitting forces, or how it’s Internet connected to remind you for coffee break. All I see is another way for corporations to put pressure on their workers for productivity versus communication. Why is your headset not on? How come your Mouse hasn’t moved in 25 minutes? Oh you’re sick, it’s okay just lay down in bed and put on your headset. I don’t feel like the actual issues have been talked about.
Rich Berry
December 30, 2022 at 8:34 pm
Yes squeeze every last ounce of joy out of peoples lives by forcing them to go to a matrix vr office
Abram Carroll
January 1, 2023 at 4:41 pm
Better than driving to an office building to have the joy squeezed out. Add up the time you gain.
Hasibul Hasan Shanto
December 30, 2022 at 8:45 pm
is there anyone who tend to talk to me for my speaking improvement purpose for your free time?
आदित्यAditya मेहेंदळेMehendale #BringBackDislikes
December 30, 2022 at 9:14 pm
Warning – Please be careful in talking about “A metaverse” or “The Metaverse”. The latter shall spell the end of us.
Praise The Sun
December 30, 2022 at 9:25 pm
Literally only benefit to this is imagining the heads of the corporate boards who govern our lives. All meeting as a series of stupid digital renders of like sonic the hedgehog OC.
Sabin
December 30, 2022 at 11:12 pm
This view of the future makes me not want to be part of it.
Jay Alejandro
December 31, 2022 at 1:26 am
It will be the next generation of warriors, plus virtual entertainment, and a world no one will want to leave.
Dumb money
December 31, 2022 at 3:17 am
Reading these comments recovers faith in humanity ❤️ Like/dislike 300/600
FJ
December 31, 2022 at 9:43 am
As draining as a zoom call…
FJ
December 31, 2022 at 9:47 am
I’d rather work face to face with the team I’m with.
Sibylle Leon
December 31, 2022 at 10:54 am
Gotta love seeing the mouthbreathers in the comments. Thankfully, we’ll soon be swept away by a new generation. The sooner, the better!
Great talk.
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K
December 31, 2022 at 11:27 am
I like her remote control
~Mikasa Ackerman ~
December 31, 2022 at 12:08 pm
Immersion imagination
Hackerman
December 31, 2022 at 12:38 pm
As someone who played a lot of multiplayer games, it‘s a sweet lie that our kids learn to be cooperative and socialize there. These anonymous video game worlds, where the design is often to play AGAINST each other, are among the most toxic, hateful places I know.
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galaxy
December 31, 2022 at 11:44 pm
this will need a very fast internet connection which is not available for most users
Abram Carroll
January 1, 2023 at 4:46 pm
Less bandwidth than watching this video.
nosferatu488
January 1, 2023 at 10:33 am
women should stay in the kitchen.even if its a virtual kitchen
MrMakeDo
January 1, 2023 at 12:18 pm
We are not in the age of the Metaverse. The “Metaverse” is an extremely weak attempt by the Facebook company to own even more of our social interaction. It’s been executed extremely poorly and frankly embarrassingly.
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Go Giver
January 1, 2023 at 8:45 pm
Can’t believe it’s published on TED.
Null% of depth.
TJ Tampa
January 2, 2023 at 1:22 pm
Here’s a thought: Let’s Not! Remember two words that she said in her talk, “devastatingly negative.” Because no matter the good intentions, isn’t it true the opposite always appears with these flights of fancy? She stated various areas of our life will be profoundly impacted.
Jared G
January 2, 2023 at 2:18 pm
People don’t want to wear stuff on their face. 3-D movies in the 1950s, 3-D movies in the 80s, 3D movies in 00s along with 3D tv, google glasses anyone?, the lack of explosive growth in VR for everyday households… pretty heavy trend here.
Tech isn’t going to compensate for human psychology and most people don’t want to give up their true sight, their true social identity for anything more than a passing fad. When we think of the tv and when it was first introduced into households it passively invited use. Wearables for the face are less passive. If I need to take to my family, or tell a pet not to do something, or I need to grab a drink.. We shouldn’t have to give up real awareness and will to immerse.
Someone should be busting it on another immersion solution. We shouldn’t have to strap stuff to our faces, the tech should work for us with screens that aren’t 2D rectangles.
Narges
January 2, 2023 at 4:33 pm
When I heard about Metaverse, I remembered the story of Pinocchio. A man who takes children to the amusement park and the next day takes the children who have turned into donkeys to the market and sells them.
Who likes to turn into a donkey???
Diego Raffa
January 2, 2023 at 10:01 pm
I can’t stand this childish enthusiasm without critical thinking. What are the consequences on the body and mind of immerging ourselves in an artificial world? We come from thousand of years where we evolved to live and interact in the real world, do we really have the presumption of creating a good alternative to that with some basic technologies?? Don’t we see the spiral of psychological illness we are into, caused by unhealthy and unnatural lifestyle, by the stress and so on?
People
January 3, 2023 at 8:38 am
The best way to talk to someone in real life.. is to talk to someone in real life. Anyone who’s used a VR headset before will know that, while it’s incredibly cool, it’s not reality. And it never will be. Because of many complications in the fundamental way VR technology works, there’s still no practical application for everyday life. VR is certainly still helpful in niche uses, such as playing 3d games, or simulating dangerous jobs, but there are too many people trying to use it as something else.
People
January 3, 2023 at 8:40 am
Also, any technology that enables you to smell or taste in VR either involves sticking electrical tubes up your nose and mouth, or implanting something in your brain. And neither of them are anything close to being fully developed.
myparcel tape
January 5, 2023 at 12:41 am
Do you want to shake hands?
People
January 3, 2023 at 8:49 am
Notice how she doesn’t give any real examples, and the only visuals are random stock images.
People
January 3, 2023 at 8:57 am
The great thing about screens it that they are incredibly immersive (at least the expensive ones). When you play a video game with good graphics, you get into the game and it feels like you’re actually there. I agree sometimes, you kind of wonder what it would be like to reach out and touch it – which may be the appeal of VR – but you still feel the same way in VR, just in 3 dimensions. It will be different when VR virtual touch technology becomes mainstream, but even then screens are great because they’re convenient, you can see your environment if you want to, and you feel comfortable. VR is not better, simply different. Why are we trying so hard to solve a problem that we never had?
myparcel tape
January 5, 2023 at 12:38 am
When I deal with people I want them to know that I can touch them.
And let them touch me.