Employees are reluctant to use VR glasses – uncomfortable and awkward?

According to a report, employees of the Meta group on Facebook are reluctant to use their smart glasses. It feels weird and unprofessional.

Employees at Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Group have to sell a product they don’t want to use themselves. This was reported by “Bloomberg”, citing several former and current employees of the company. In particular, the group’s virtual reality glasses, called Quest, are said to not sit well with the staff.

“Even those who work in the company’s virtual reality division don’t use it regularly at work,” Bloomberg quoted a former Meta employee as saying. Employees find VR meetings for testing purposes “inconvenient and prone to failure”.

Furthermore: Since the use of data glasses can lead to nausea in users, Meta recommends a longer rest after a 30-minute period of use. Plus, the graphics can’t keep up with the real world. She said the legless animated avatars felt “strange and unprofessional”.

Meta itself does not say how many employees use the company’s virtual reality glasses. A spokesperson told Bloomberg that it depends on the role and the team — some use it weekly, some only for meetings or large events, and some don’t use it at all.

The media reported last year that the MetaVerse virtual reality software had such quality problems that the developers didn’t want to spend their time in the virtual world.

Zuckerberg often mentioned that his company was in the early stages of developing virtual reality. According to Bloomberg, he’s been saying that for nearly a decade. “If her employees refuse to use the products in their work, why should anyone else?”

Last week, Zuckerberg announced a new model for his Quest glasses, the Quest 3, in the fall. It is said to be thinner and stronger than previous generations. He particularly emphasized that the headset would be good at integrating digital objects and real environments into the user’s field of vision.

Meanwhile, rival Apple is supposed to introduce its own data glasses today (read more about it here). According to rumors, the group wants to redefine the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe so-called “mixed reality” with its product.

On the other hand, a device in the form of some kind of high-tech ski goggles should enable virtual overlays in the real world (augmented reality, AR). At the same time, you should also be able to completely immerse yourself in virtual worlds (virtual reality, VR).