VR and AR: The Paperless Office of the Future

VR and AR: the workplace of tomorrow

Head-Mounted Displays (HMDs) have come a long way in recent years, going from giant heavy helmets to rather small and lightweight devices. The best one currently available in terms of price and accessibility would have to be the Oculus Quest 2; a completely standalone, self-powered VR headset running off an internal processor so no external computer is required.

Even though in its current form, VR is mainly used for playing video games, in the past few years great strides have been made in telecommuting and virtual meetings. This will only get better as Augmented Reality hardware is developed and released to the public.

How will this bring about the paperless office? The requirements for printing will fall as it becomes as simple as handing a virtual document over to another person, rather than emailing and printing.