A note from Maria Fernandez Guajardo, Head of Enterprise AR/VR, Facebook: At F8 last month, we announced a major update to Oculus for Business, with a new suite designed to help companies deploy VR at work. To read up on that announcement, you can head over to the Oculus Blog. Today, I wanted to share a bit more about how our technologies are changing the way we communicate, learn, and collaborate across industries of all kinds.
Business applications have been a key area of interest throughout my career, and it inspired me to take this opportunity to drive the Oculus for Business initiative within Facebook’s AR/VR organization. I left my home in Spain right after college to complete my engineering degree, and my career has taken me to locations across Europe and the U.S. Along the way, I wouldn’t have changed a thing—except for staying closer to my family back home. I miss them terribly, along with my friends and culture. I long for the day when people can use technology such as virtual reality to access boundless career opportunities without breaking that social fabric.
Even today, distance takes me away from my loved ones, like when I travel for business and deal with the ever-expanding commute in the Bay Area. We’re still a ways off from the Holodeck-like workplace of the future, when physical distance isn’t a barrier to economic opportunity and productivity. But with advancements across Oculus and Facebook, and the applications of VR we see today, this future is inching ever closer to reality. In speaking with our customers and partners, we see how they’ve taken advantage of immersive technologies to improve their businesses today. These pioneers are showing us how to move business forward in real and tangible ways...