Facebook released the Horizon Workrooms virtual meeting app. Picture: Retrieved from Facebook
Facebook is committed to the development of AR,VRtechnology,19Published “Horizon Workrooms」Virtual meetingApp,openOculusThe user of the headset is free to install and use, allowing people from all over the world to enter the online virtual meeting room for simultaneous meetings, which is expected to create a new remote working mode.
Horizon WorkroomsEach virtual meeting room on the site can be adjusted according to different needs, and can be opened at one time16PieceOculusThe device is used, and each user will have his own virtual cartoon character.Each meeting can accommodate up to50People, therefore noVRParticipants of the device can also join via video.
VRDevice users can directly control the gestures of virtual characters with their hands without going throughVRThe controller, when the user speaks, the mouth of the avatar will also move.Each meeting room also simulates the real scene, provides a large projection board, and a personal computer notebook area, and can even synchronize the meeting information to MicrosoftOutlookandGoogleCalendar. These all help to make the entire conference experience more natural and realistic.
After the outbreak of the Wuhan pneumonia epidemic, there was a wave of remote work around the world. Facebook’sAR / VRTeam Vice President Persworth (Andrew Bosworth) Indicates that Facebook already uses this internallyAppAbout1Years, “After18In the month of a pandemic, we are even more convinced of the importance of this technology.”
Facebook has recently vigorously promoted “Metaverse“The concept of the virtual universe, in the future, everyone can meet, interact and communicate in a virtual space to meet various needs in real life. CEO Zuckerberg said,MetaverseIt is expected to become the Internet of the new generation.
Each virtual meeting room on Horizon Workrooms can adjust the space configuration according to different needs
The mouth of the avatar will move accordingly.Each meeting room also simulates the real scene and provides a large projection board
After 18 months of the pandemic, we are more convinced of the importance of this technology
Horizon Workrooms simulates a real meeting scene, with a projection board and a personal computer notebook area in the meeting room. Picture: Retrieved from Facebook
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