The future of remote work is a lot like living in a video game

The promise of its tech? Be present in the virtual space as you work.  Spatial offers a free tier, a “Pro” account with features including unlimited storage and live speech translation for $20 a month, and an “Enterprise” option for corporate clients.

With a VR headset on, I could enter a number of meeting spaces, interact with the avatars of colleagues, pull up giant web browsers, view videos, search and pin images, play with miscellaneous objects, take voice notes, and even — gasp! — message via Slack. It was the unholiest of dystopian tech promises: Ditch your real body and plug into the machine.

And I was all for it.

By Joseph Volpe