Meta will replace Zoom as the largest work platform in 10-15 years
Shaan Puri · Metaverse IRL, Bollywood Protein Powder & AI Gadgets That Suck (#507) · Oct 13, 2023 · at 15:00
Following Meta's demonstration of photorealistic VR avatars, Shaan Puri predicts Meta's virtual presence technology will replace standard video conferencing platforms like Zoom for enterprise work.
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“In 10 to 15 years, Facebook is gonna be, Facebook, like, Meta is gonna own the largest work platform, so I think that they're gonna be the Zoom, the whatever, because this experience where it looks like you could feel like you're in the same room as a person, and you could pull up, you know, PowerPoints together, you could do all that stuff without, like, video conferencing, I think that's whoever does that right is going to take over the work call space. And I don't see who could do it better than Facebook at this point because they have such a lead as far as the tech goes.”
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