> The thing is though with audio or video chat you can visit with your colleagues and office banter all that you (both) want even though you are remote.
Technically yes, though in practice I haven't heard of it happening. There's something... different about it, more distracting. It takes screen space and the noises carry differently - including various grunts and burps that the person over the next desk in RL would not hear, but your Skype buddy will.
The kind of unstructured, background interaction between co-workers that naturally exists in offices is something very hard to replicate in remote setting.
> Or interact in a 3D or VR office space.
This I want to try so hard. I actually upgraded my PC recently with the intent of getting VR gear in the future, and a big motivation here is to explore the experience of shared VR workspaces.
Technically yes, though in practice I haven't heard of it happening. There's something... different about it, more distracting. It takes screen space and the noises carry differently - including various grunts and burps that the person over the next desk in RL would not hear, but your Skype buddy will.
The kind of unstructured, background interaction between co-workers that naturally exists in offices is something very hard to replicate in remote setting.
> Or interact in a 3D or VR office space.
This I want to try so hard. I actually upgraded my PC recently with the intent of getting VR gear in the future, and a big motivation here is to explore the experience of shared VR workspaces.