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4 items in AR/VR
Patrick Boyle with his takedown of the Metaverse - a boondoggle which was obvious at the time, but one which there was no telling Mark Zuckerberg, or even Tim Cook, who followed him down a rabbit hole which case billions of dollars and worse - a decade of eyes-off-the-AI-ball. Pokemon had a lot to do with it, but also the fallout of Cambridge Analytica + Apple forcing double opt in for app tracking which made Zuckerberg feel the need to abandon social networking on mobile / laptops in favour of a new world entirely viewed through wearables. He might get there with Meta Ray-bans…but even here, I doubt it becomes ubiquitous.
Issue #497 published 19 Apr 2026
Facebook Spaces: A Demo
AR/VR
Facebook Spaces is the end of the webinar. Maybe it is the end of the meeting or even the office. Robert Scoble on the demo here - it’s still a bit too quirky to be cool but near future applications for HR / recruiting should be obvious to most of us here.
Issue #48 published 23 Apr 2020
Massive article by Harvard Business Review on the impact on augmented and virtual reality to the world of work. This long read pulls off the trick of being comprehensive and accessible, as well as being stuffed full of use cases. It will take forever to get through but do it - trust me, it’s a must read.
Issue #56 published 23 Apr 2020
Talespin
AR/VR
This rather cool site is brochureware for the developer (a AR / VR company called Talespin) but nevertheless an interesting exploration of what may be just around the corner for us in recruiting and HR - close to real life simulations for the common workplace scenarios. MIT have a short report on it and you can take a look at the source yourself here
Issue #148 published 23 Apr 2020