Step to 'metaverse'? Facebook's VR remote work app to allow users to hold meetings as avatar versions

Facebook has launched a test of its new virtual-reality remote work app. This would allow users of Facebook's Oculus Quest 2 headsets to hold meetings as avatar versions of themselves.

Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Thursday launched a test of a new virtual-reality remote work app where users of the company's Oculus Quest 2 headsets can hold meetings as avatar versions of themselves. The beta test of Facebook's Horizon Workrooms app comes as many companies continue to work from home after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down physical workspaces and as a new variant is sweeping across the globe.