Will 2022 be the year of XR? Perhaps.

Since Facebook announced its name change to Meta, and its corresponding goals around immersive tech, searches for “metaverse”have skyrocketed.

Consumer-based XR—like AR gaming and using VR to help patients overcome anxieties—has skyrocketed. But what we’re interested in (and so are the big players in immersive tech) is how XR will become immersed in the workplace.

Microsoft is building out Mesh, a business-focused tie-in to the metaverse, where it, yes, meshes together information, tools, and people from across an enterprise.  

The Association for Talent Development (ATD) reports that companies are already jumping into the metaverse for employee onboarding and training. 

Companies are setting up work spaces in the metaverse (article is behind a paywall) to give employees a place (or maybe we should say space) to collaborate and socialize regardless of physical location. 

We’re one step closer to never having to leave our sleep pods—Matrix style.