Metaverse and the mind
Will the metaverse really be good for our wellbeing? Ask any office worker how they have communicated at work during the past two years and they will reel off a list of tools: Zoom, Slack, Google Chat, Teams, WhatsApp, email?.?.?.?Need I go on?
All of these are meant to make working life more efficient, but the reality is our attention is more divided than ever before.
Now we’re returning to the office, we’re at risk of what occupational psychologist Christine Grant calls a “hybrid hangover”, feeling mentally exhausted from switching back and forth between remote working and being in the office and the practicalities that come with both. And that’s before you add in a third dimension that is the metaverse.