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Shifting the Remote Collaboration Paradigm: The Effect of VR in an Uncertain Work World

FoxHR
December, 2022

The sudden impact of the pandemic-stricken era has heralded a period of remote working, the traditional work practices have been changed to a remote setting.

Suddenly, businesses were looking for innovative and advanced ways to embrace remote working practices to streamline processes, enhance productivity, uplift employee engagement, recruit employees, retain the best talents, etc.- for these immersive technologies were at the core of driving exceptional changes.

Many of the businesses were successful in their ability to adapt to this sudden change. Companies began to increasingly switch to immersive technologies as a cost-effective way to embrace new working practices in order to survive and thrive.

With the integration of VR collaboration tools, remote teams are able to connect seamlessly, collaborate and learn together in a way that has the potential to transform remote working. It enables remote teams to create unique spaces to make better team collaborations and have better chances to meet, work, and host events.

No matter where the team members are spread across the world, VR tools can connect the dispersed teams together with the help of VR headsets, smart phones, PCs, etc. Thus, it ensures that the remote teams are not isolated from each other.

Now let us move on to see the different ways that VR has the potential to affect the workforce:

Better Connection and Collaboration

The introduction of virtual reality enables people from across borders to come together and collaborate effectively regardless of physical distance. VR users have the feel like they are inhibiting the same space, which results in more effective collaboration. With the help of VR headsets, remote teams can have an enriched experience of sharing the same workplace; moreover, it is easily accessible and intuitive, thus helping people across the globe to connect and collaborate.

New Changes in HR Practices

The implementation of VR in the HR teams has the power to transform human resources drastically. Due to remote working, the hiring process is expanded globally, enabling the hire of the top talented hands without any geographical restrictions.

The hired candidates can experience their day-to-day responsibilities with the help of VR touch. HR teams can also incorporate VR technologies during various interactive HR workshops.

Make Recruiting and Screening Process More Real

Talent acquisition is always a hurdle for the success of any business. VR tools creates an environment that helps to assess potential hires more effectively. With the help of VR tools, the recruiter and applicant can better understand whether their values align with the organizational needs and are compatible.

Adaptive technologies could give your organization a competitive edge to attract and retain the most talented employees.

Upgraded Training Techniques

The adoption of VR tools has the power to provide perfect training for employees. It can put the people into immersive real-life scenarios to offer them the best training sessions and is beneficial to handle especially high-risk situations as it gains a safe experience for the employees. Today, most of the major companies are incorporating VR tools to provide training for their employees. Thus, regardless of the industry, VR technology can cover an engaging and educational experience for the users.

Create Life for The Video Interviews

Though in the beginning of remote working, people thought that video conferencing could live up to its promise, but however it was found that there still occur gaps between the hiring teams and candidates, and there are chances to miss out important interpersonal interactions.

But with the advent of VR technology in the hiring process, it worked out well to create real-time and close interpersonal interactions by stimulating a real-life environment.

Final Thoughts

VR is exhibiting more and more promise as a solution to the issues that afflict remote work. Businesses should think about adopting out some of the virtual workspace options available today and keep a watch on the virtual workplace technology market as products continue to advance and get ever-closer to exact experiential replication.

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