Home News VR Look at me being bored in a meeting… in VR! (Image credit: Future) For the past week, I’ve been using my Meta Quest Pro to work inside the metaverse. Each morning I’ve slipped my VR headset on, booted up Horizon Workrooms, and swapped my home office for a swanky cabin overlooking a lake. My home computer’s screen was projected in front of me on massive floating displays, and I had a meeting with my boss while watching virtual waves lap against the shores of a beach – an experience that was significantly nicer than staring at the screen of a Google Meets call.And when my lunch break rolled around, I could get up from my desk and easily boot up Walkabout Mini Golf to play a quick 18 holes like a true business person.Before undertaking this experiment I wasn’t sure if I would love or hate the experience of working in VR, but not even half a day in I had my answer: it’s absolutely awful.VR – where reality’s the limitGetting Horizon Workrooms set up is fairly easy: you just have to download the VR app on your Quest headset – either a Meta Quest Pro like I opted for, or an Oculus Quest 2 – and install a companion program on your PC. Sign in to the companion software, and the VR app will have the ability to connect to your computer, allowing you to see your desktop in VR, with your screens shown on massive displays… Click below to read the full story from TechRadar
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