Second Life meetings: Just as boring as RL?
By Adam Reuters
A UK consulting company is touting the benefits of Second Life for eliminating real-world meetings.
“Within five years we believe that virtual offices will be established as a genuine alternative for many businesses. Within 15 years the face of work will be unrecognisable,” says Peter Dunkley of depo consulting.
The company had their Second Life office designed by a New York-based architect “who has also done work for Woody Allen and Michael Stipe” — presumably in the real world, since I haven’t seen Woody or Michael wandering around in-world.
Dunkley adds: “Strange though it may seem, you relate to people within Second Life as people. A meeting on Second Life is as absorbing as an equivalent meeting in real life.”
Or, you know, just as boring.
