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The metaverse is already here. Now it’s coming for the workplace

FN takes a trip into Accenture’s virtual reality office. Could it really upend our working lives?

McKinsey has predicted that Generation Z and Millennials will spend an average of 4.7 hours per day in the metaverse by 2027

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Alex Daniel

We are in a vast, domed atrium watching a mighty waterfall gush through a hole in the ceiling. On my left, a hologram brain the size of a Transit van hangs in mid air, while cartoonish figures stand – hover – nearby. They have no arms or legs, and their faces are fixed in constant smiles. Who knew the workplace of the future would so closely resemble a fever dream? 

This is Accenture’s metaverse office. Since the pandemic-induced switch to remote working, the consulting giant has used virtual reality to train its new recruits....