Mobile Magazine March 2022 | Page 22

FIVE MINUTES WITH ...

ANDREW WALKER

ANDREW WALKER , SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS & MEDIA INDUSTRY LEAD AT ACCENTURE , DISCUSSES THE IMPACT OF METAVERSE TECHNOLOGIES ON THE FUTURE OF THE WORKPLACE IN 2022 .
HOW IS THE ADOPTION

Q OF METAVERSE

TECHNOLOGIES SET TO TRANSFORM THE WORKPLACE ?

» The last few weeks and months have brought a lot of attention to the idea of the metaverse and the direction we ’ re heading in . We are expecting to see a significant push towards the development of the metaverse as a place for people to go , create , and have experiences with each other in real time .

This societal shift will extend to the workplace . The move to remote and hybrid working has , of course , already been a huge transition , and we are spending more time communicating with work colleagues from behind a screen .
But the metaverse could present more immersive , collaborative , remote experiences – reducing the need to return to physical offices for human connection .
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