The Edge Magazine Vol. 8

A Day in the Life

A day in the life example of how an employee can work in the officeverse.

She walks her avatar back into the office where she sees Mark, which is great because she realizes his opinion is perfect for the idea she had on the treadmill. After talking to Mark, she walks to her desk and on the way has the chance to say hello to others. Later, while Yvonne is responding to email, she casually chats with her colleagues about a Netflix show, the weather and the day’s meetings. 8:30 am

Yvonne wakes up in her New York City area home for her 5:30 am meeting with her team in Turkey. She stumbles out of bed, sits down at her laptop and “goes to work.” In a matter of seconds, she changes the outfit on her avatar, teleports to the office, and walks into the meeting room right on time for her meeting. 5:25 am

Yvonne heads her avatar over to a conference room to meet with marketing about a new campaign. 9:00 am

After the meeting, Yvonne leaves the office and directs her avatar to the gym. She could just log out, but she likes the idea of having her avatar there while she heads down to her real-life treadmill. 6:30 am

Walking out of the meeting, she takes a moment to walk with Jamie, complimenting her on a project before heading back to her desk. On the way, she sees a new face at one of the pods, so she introduces herself. Turns out its Fred’s second week with the firm and they went to the same university. 9:30 am

After her run, she showers, eats breakfast and goes back to work. 7:30 am

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