Hybrid Workplace: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review

12 THE NEXT GENERATION OF OFFICE COMMUNICATION TECH

by Ethan Murray

Most knowledge workers are now familiar with mixed-reality tools such as Zoom, Teams, and Slack that enable them to meet in virtual locations. By merging real and virtual worlds to produce new environments, employees who relied on in-person office interactions in the beginning of 2020 soon learned to meet on virtual tropical islands, virtually “stand” in front of presentations beamed around the world, or maintain banter and team spirit with timely GIFs and emojis mixed into their workday messages.

But these experiences are just the tip of the iceberg of mixed-reality offerings. Augmented reality technologies have become regular features in product offerings, along assembly ...