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Is virtual reality the future of video conferencing?

Imagine CEOs and world leaders meeting via their virtual avatars… Or even family reunions using VR/AR headsets.

Andreas Sandre
Digital Diplomacy
Published in
5 min readMay 15, 2020

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I’ve recently written about the need to perhaps rethink the way we do video conferencing today.

It’s clear that — in the age of the coronavirus — that video has replaced the physical world in many instances, including in business, government, and diplomacy.

On one side, companies are considering going fully remote. This week, for example, Twitter informed their team they can work from home “forever.” Google and Facebook Google have announced they’re going work from home until 2021.

On the other side, world leaders and governments are moving summits and large political…

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Andreas Sandre
Digital Diplomacy

Comms + policy. Author of #digitaldiplomacy (2015), Twitter for Diplomats (2013). My views only.