Bahaa Al Zubaidi said that the future of off-site work is already starting to change and what began as a temporary alternative during a global pandemic has now embedded itself in the modern working pattern. Though we as individuals get accustomed to video calls or digital meetings, the next phase of remote working is Mixed Reality (MR).
In reality, much of this technology already in fact exists and businesses are realizing its increasing potential to increase productivity, cooperation, and worker satisfaction.
What is Mixed Reality?
Mixed Reality is a technology that combines the digital with the physical world. Unlike Virtual Reality (VR), which abolishes you completely to a digital environment, MR allows you to interact with both physical and virtual objects at the same time. For example, MR can overlay digital elements such as 3D models or interactive simulations into your physical space.
For example, in a remote office a team could together work on 3D soft benches, all the while still taking advantage of the physical space around them. That the digital and physical are connected opens up possibilities of us having more interactive, immersive work experiences.
How Mixed Reality Will Reshape Remote Work
The possibilities that MR opens up for remote work are many. Here are some key areas where it could make a significant impact:
- Virtual Collaboration and Meetings
In remote work, one of the most immediate uses for MR is that it opens up doing virtual collaboration. Think about what there is beyond just seeing faces on a screen. In MR, remote teams can collaborate in a 3D space and have their human workers interacting with virtual objects and models as if these were physically present in the same room.
Remote work, to be sure, has helped many businesses weather the coronavirus pandemic and continue to operate efficiently. But it also has a number of unique challenges.
- Enhanced Training and Skill Development
Remote training with MR devices offers new opportunities to create immersive and hands-on experiences that are impossible using traditional methods.
For example, a worker using MR glasses could carry out repair tasks or start up machinery while receiving step-by-step instructions. This sort of hands-on learning together with real-time help from experts can vastly improve the rate of learning and also cut costs related to training.
In industries such as healthcare and manufacturing, where intricate tasks and safety protocols are essential, MR can provide employees with a risk-free environment for practice before facing the real world.
- Reducing Feelings of Isolation
Union work, though it possesses numerous advantages, also has its downside. Employees are deprived of spontaneous conversations and chance encounters with the secretaries whom they would otherwise have lunch.
By creating virtual environments more realistic feeling (or tangible), AR and VR can provide people who may be thousands of miles apart with a sense that they are actually present in one another’s company.
- Virtual Office Spaces and Workspaces
Even though e-commerce is doing away with the need for offices, it still has the difficulty of providing a structured environment that is professional. MR could fill this gap by creating virtual office spaces, in which workers would be able to immerse themselves completely with a virtual desk for every employee or department and areas of collaboration set apart from that. These virtual offices can be personalized to the needs of individuals, thereby increasing their concentration and productivity.
Conclusion
Mixed Reality is sure going to change the situation of telecommuting. However, by its enabling effective visual communication at a distance (remote collaboration), helping with training, breaking the problems of loneliness, and even provide offices in loneliness free environments around the world. MR offers both businessman and employee extraordinary advantages. As this technology becomes more readily available to ordinary people, it is sure to become a basis for the workplace of tomorrow. Thank you for your interest in Bahaa Al Zubaidi blogs. For more information, please visit www.bahaaalzubaidi.com.